A report from far away

"BET Jazz, MTV India, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and U.S. Department of State to Partner for First Annual India Jazz & Heritage Tour.

"The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (http://www.monkinstitute.org) is a
non-profit education organization established in memory of Thelonious Monk,
the legendary jazz pianist and composer. Monk believed the best way to learn
jazz was from a master of the music. The Institute follows that same
philosophy by bringing together the greatest living jazz musicians to teach
and inspire young people. The Institute offers the most promising young
musicians college level training by America's jazz masters and presents public
school-based jazz education programs for people around the world. Helping to
fill the tremendous void in arts education left by severe budget cuts in
public school funding, the Institute's programs are provided free to the
public and use jazz as the medium to encourage imaginative thinking,
creativity, a positive self-image, and respect for one's own and others'
cultural heritage."



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