Herbie Hancock (shown at left) and Wayne Shorter (below) — multiple Grammy Award winners and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters — have been named UCLA professors at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.   
 
Wayne Shorter
"We are truly delighted to welcome Herbie and Wayne to the faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music," said Christopher Waterman, dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, which houses the school of music. "The arrival of these legends marks an important step in the growth of UCLA's distinguished jazz program, which provides students with the opportunity to study with the renowned guitarist and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Burrell, award-winning flutist and composer James Newton and leading Los Angeles–based jazz musicians such as Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, Charley Harrison, Barbara Morrison, Michelle Weir, George Bohanon, Tamir Hendelman and Justo Almario."
 
Hancock and Shorter are part of the school's graduate-level Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, where they will share their musical philosophies and the knowledge learned from their years of playing with the architects of jazz, including Miles Davis and Art Blakey. They will focus on composition, improvisation and artistic expression, working with the students individually and as a group. Additionally, they will lead master classes open to all UCLA students.
 
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