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
Founded1986
HeadquartersLos Angeles
Key people
Herbie Hancock, Thomas R. Carter
Websitehancockinstitute.org
Formerly called
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

The institute has held its International Jazz Competition annually since 1987 and offered a full scholarship graduate-level college program since 1995. It organizes free jazz education programs in public schools throughout the United States and the world “to encourage imaginative thinking, creativity, a positive self-image and respect for one’s own and others’ cultural heritage.” It is also the lead non-profit responsible for coordinating the annual celebration of International Jazz Day, a United Nations initiative.

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