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The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (http://www.monkinstitute.org/) is a nonprofit 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 education 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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Today Thelonious Monk is widely accepted as a genuine master of American music. His compositions constitute the core of jazz repertory and are performed by artists from many different genres. He is the subject of award winning documentaries, biographies and scholarly studies, prime time television tributes, and he even has an Institute created in his name. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz was created to promote jazz education and to train and encourage new generations of musicians. It is a fitting tribute to an artist who was always willing to share his musical knowledge with others but expected originality in return.
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"BET J has worked with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz for years in providing the best in jazz programming for BET J viewers," stated Paxton Baker, Executive Vice President and General Manager of BET J and BET Digital Networks. "We are now excited to be a part of a social initiative that will evoke positive change in New Orleans' communities as well as provide a platform to maintain the city's unique music genre, Jazz."
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