Former US president Bill Clinton will play his saxophone at an all-star concert when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honours him with its founder's award
By Martin Chilton, Culture Editoronline4:09PM BST 19 May 2014
Bill Clinton in 2014 Photo: Reuters
Bill Clinton has always been an ardent jazz fan – he can reel off the names and dates of Sonny Rollins' back catalogue - and the former member of the Arkansas state high school band will get a chance to play his saxophone again when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honours him with its founder's award.
The Monk Institute announced that the former US president will receive the award at an all-star concert on November 9 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater. The concert will feature jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves and Dee Dee Bridgewater, among others, and the proceeds will support the institute's free jazz education programmes across the globe.
Hancock, the institute's chairman, says Clinton honed "his creativity on the tenor saxophone in public school music programmes" and has been "a jazz advocate for decades".
President Clinton hands over his saxophone to a student at the White House in April 1998, during a campaign to restore music education to America's public schools PHOTO: AP
The concert will include the finals of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, which this year is devoted to trumpeters.
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