Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is a non-profit music education organization founded in 1986. Before 2019, it was known as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, but was then renamed after its longtime board chairman, Herbie Hancock.
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
Finalists in the institute's 2014 Trumpet Competition (from left) Adam O'Farrill (3rd), Marquis Hill (1st) and Billy Buss (2nd) pose with judge Arturo Sandoval backstage after the competition finals at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Students in the Institute's Performing Arts High Schools program perform with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona during an event at the Department of Education's Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Bassist Luca Alemanno and saxophonist Alex Hahn of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Class of 2017 perform with Herbie Hancock at International Jazz Day 2017 celebrations in Havana, Cuba.
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles, using a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this period that he released perhaps his best-known and most influential album, Head Hunters.
Hancock in 2023
Hancock (left) with the Headhunters
Hancock in 1976
Hancock live in concert
