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Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition

Thelonious Monk Institute
Celebrates 25 Years
1986-2011

Thelonious Monk Institute
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Blues & Jazz

Monk Institute Chairman
Herbie Hancock Named
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

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2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Winners Announced

1st place: Kris Bowers (Los Angeles, CA)
2nd place: Joshua White (El Cajon, CA)
3rd place: Emmet Cohen (Miami, FL)

Aretha Franklin was honored with the Institute's Maria Fisher Founder's Award as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz celebrated its 25th anniversary with the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and 25th Anniversary Gala Concert on September 12, 2011 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The event was sponsored by Cadillac and co-chaired by Madeleine Albright, Quincy Jones, Debra Lee and Colin Powell.

On September 13, the Institute presented an assembly program for hundreds of students at Washington, DC's Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joe Lovano, Carl Allen, Kevin Eubanks, Ellington School graduate Ben Williams and others discussed the rich history of jazz and performed a special selection of music demonstrating the many styles of this American art form.

In September 2012, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance will open at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in Los Angeles. Six to eight talented young musicians from around the world will be selected to study and perform together in an ensemble during a two-year, graduate-level college program. Through this program, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will offer its first graduate degrees in jazz. Applications are being accepted through December 1, 2011.

Monk Institute Family

Ambrose Akinmusire
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Bill Cosby
George Duke
Kevin Eubanks
Aretha Franklin
Herbie Hancock
Antonio Hart
Jimmy Heath
Lisa Henry
Lionel Loueke
Thelonious S. Monk, Jr.
Gretchen Parlato
Dianne Reeves
Wayne Shorter
Clark Terry
Bobby Watson
Ben Williams
Billy Dee Williams

Monk Institute Radio
Competition Winners Sampler

Ben Williams
"Moontrane"

Jon Irabagon
"Foxy"

Ambrose Akinmusire
"Regret (No More)"

Gerald Clayton
"Hank"

Lage Lund
"12 Beats"

Gretchen Parlato
"Holding Back The Years"

Andre Hayward
"Nica's Dream"

Seamus Blake
"Will Call"

Pedro Martinez
"Bendicion Madre"

Eric Lewis
"Monk"

Jane Monheit
"There's A Small Hotel"

Darren Barrett
"Ina It"

Jon Gordon
"Mysterioso"

Sheryl Bailey
"East to Wes"

Sara Lazarus
"Taking a Chance On Love"

Jacky Terrason
"Round Midnight"

Joshua Redman
"Hutchhiker's Guide"

Ryan Kisor
"Better Late Than Never"

Bill Cunliffe
"Butch and Butch"

Ted Rosenthal
"Ballade in G Minor"

Marcus Roberts
"In Walked Bud"

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