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Seated below the podium is U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, who played bongos at a jazz performance and education information program on April 19. The event was hosted by the U.S. Department of Education in collaboration with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. (Brenda C. Siler/The Washington Informer)

High School Musicians Give Their Own Lesson in Jazz

by Brenda C. Siler April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

High school music students hung with the best in jazz for a joint Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz and U.S. Department of Education performance on April 19.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Chairman Herbie Hancock and Tom Oren, winner of the institute's 2018 International Piano Competition, perform during the annual competition gala at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater in D.C. on Dec. 3. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz)

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Herbie Hancock Partners on Learning Tools for Kindergarteners

by Brenda C. Siler June 23, 2021December 21, 2021

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard (center) receives the 2019 Maria Fisher Founder's Award from Herbie Hancock during the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition finals on Dec. 2. Also onstage is (from left) guitarist Lionel Loueke, actor Keith David, vocalist Lizz Wright, NEA jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson and former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

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Guitar at Forefront in Herbie Hancock Jazz Competition

by Shevry Lassiter December 4, 2019December 21, 2021

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Herbie Hancock Jazz Institute Semifinalists Announced

by WI Guest Author November 25, 2019December 21, 2021