On April 13, 2021, The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education, presented a virtual peer-to-peer jazz informance featuring the 2021 edition of its National Peer-to-Peer All-Star Jazz Septet.

Hosted by U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and 14-time GRAMMY Award-winning jazz legend Herbie Hancock, the “informance” – a combination of performance with educational information – featured seven of the country’s most gifted high school music students along with renowned jazz educator Dr. JB Dyas.

The informance not only focused on what jazz is and why it’s important to America, but also on the American values jazz represents: teamwork, unity with ethnic diversity, the correlation of hard work and goal accomplishment, perseverance, democracy, and the vital importance of really listening to one another.

Presented by the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education.

The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz has lead funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and United Airlines.