#Herbie Hancock
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.
Times of Israel - Global Jazz Studies Professor Eddie Meadows on Duo that Escaped the Nazis to Found Blue Note Records
READ: “I think they witnessed the music culture of African-Americans and saw an opportunity. Even though there was not a large market, Blue Note recorded them anyway,” Meadows said. “It’s very important for African-American culture.”
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.”
Herbie Hancock to be new namesake for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA will be known as the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Herbie Hancock: A Jazz Legend Mentors Young Musicians
READ: Enrolled primarily in UCLA’s graduate division, the Thelonius Monk fellows play together in a performance ensemble and work with Hancock, Wayne Shorter and other outstanding jazz artists and educators.
Jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter named UCLA professors
READ: The two jazz greats are part of the school's Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.