Category: Music Performance Jazz
Jazz: A Way to Run Your Business, a Way to Run Your Life
JB Dyas, vice president of education and curriculum development at the Herbie Hancock Institute, has a new article in Downbeat Magazine on how the tenets of jazz philosophy have been…
Meet Dalton Mumphrey
Dalton Mumphrey was at a concert in Disney Hall when something clicked. The concert was a tribute to jazz legend Wayne Shorter, and among the special guests performing was five-time…
Welcoming The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Class of 2023
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz and UCLA Announce Incoming Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA Class of 2023 Los Angeles, CA – Eight extraordinary young jazz musicians have…
The Legendary Barbara Morrison and Leimert Park’s Little-Known Jazz and Blues Museum
Publication "Los Angeleno" profiles the California Jazz and Blues Museum, in Leimert Park, where legendary performer and jazz educator Barbara Morrison hosts open mic Monday nights. Don't miss "A Tribute to Barbara Morrison" on Sunday, March 8, for an afternoon of great music celebrating Morrison’s legacy.
Hancock Institute Alumni Discusses Education, Studying with Jazz Legends
The Greenfield Recorder interviews Miro Sprague of Downbeat Magazine’s 2002, 2003 and 2004 National Student Music Award and graduate of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA.
The Future Is Now: Emma Dayhuff
Chicago Jazz Magazine interviews Emma Dayhuff of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Class of 2020 on performance preparation, handling constructive criticism, and navigating her career as a woman in jazz.
KCET - LA Jazz Never Went Away, But Now It's on the World Stage
WATCH: Students in the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz at UCLA are in the spotlight along with former Bruin Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down. Discover the people, places and sounds that are putting L.A. jazz on the map.
Alumnus John Daversa Sweeps his Categories at the 61st Grammy Awards
Jazz trumpeter John Daversa and professor Wayne Shorter took home four GRAMMY awards between them. Alumnus Jake Heggie was recognized with a nomination.
LA Times - Review: Edgy jazz crosses over to classical, or is it the other way around?
READ: UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music studio faculty Boris Allakhverdyan, Denis Bouriakov, Chris Hanulik and Joshua Ranz appeared as part of an L.A. Phil Green Umbrella program at Walt Disney Concert Hall, curated by Herbie Hancock, a UCLA professor since 2013 and the L.A. Phil's creative chair for jazz. The program also featured alumnus and lecturer Hitomi Oba’s chamber work “Aina.”