The Friends of Jazz at UCLA Virtually Honors Herbie Hancock In recognition of International Jazz Day

Grammy and Oscar winner Herbie Hancock will be virtually honored by The Friends of Jazz at UCLA on Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 7:30 PM PDT, streaming live from the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center sponsored by KJAZZ and the Ralph Ehrenpreis Performance Fund.

April is Jazz Appreciation Month and Barbara Morrison is on the beat with hosting “A Song for Herbie” in celebrating the 10 year anniversary of International Jazz Day with original compositions honoring Herbie Hancock, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, actor and professor at University of California, Los Angeles’s UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. 

Tribute performances by special guests include; Grammy Nominated Vocalist Freda Payne, pianists Paul Cornish,Stuart Elster and Elder Gindroz, bassist Michael Saucier, drummer Peter Buck, UCLA Global Jazz Vocal students Arya Hora and Lauren Brewster. Anthony “Tony” White will MC the event.

All the proceeds from this event will benefit Barbara Morrison Jazz Scholarship Fund at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.