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Wayne Shorter: A Lifetime of Indelible Footprints on the Path of Peace, Joy, and Music
On March 2, our beloved co-president of the International Committee of Artists for Peace, Wayne Shorter, died. He was 89. In a career spanning eight decades, Mr. Shorter, a twelve-time Grammy Award winner, came to be known as both a jazz icon and one of America’s great composers. He began in the late 1950s as…
ICAP Honors Betty Williams
The International Committee of Artists for Peace presented Betty Williams, a 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of World Centers of Compassion for Children International, with its Humanity in the Arts Peace Award at the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival. Montreux Jazz Festival founder and past ICAP award recipient Claude Nobs joined ICAP co-president and…
Wayne Shorter receives the 2017 Polar Music Prize
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”a5ED_NXM17w&rel=true” width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://icapeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wayne-award2-vid.jpg”] Wayne Shorter, the globally revered saxophonist, composer and ICAP co-president received the 2017 Polar Music Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on June 15th. The Polar Music Prize which has been called the “Nobel Prize of Music”…
Bill Clinton and Herbie Hancock Affirm the Power of Jazz to Inspire Understanding Between Cultures
In April, an extraordinary meeting of the minds took place as jazz icon Herbie Hancock and Bill Clinton, 43rd President of the United States (1993-2001), engaged in a captivating dialogue on the rich and timeless art form of jazz. Mr. Hancock, renowned pianist, composer, ICAP president, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue, sat down…
ICAP artists Larry Coryell and Marcus Dunleavy Engage in a Three-Hour Dialogue with Prosser Students
On July 12, guitarists and ICAP artists Larry Coryell and Marcus Dunleavy returned to the Prosser Career Academy (high school) on Chicago’s west side, for a dialogue with students. The conversation was held in support of a planning session for Prosser’s annual autumn community-building activity known as “Unity Week.” Marcus Dunleavy began by offering praise…
New Memoir by Herbie Hancock Tells of Transforming Adversity into Opportunity
The latest variation on Herbie Hancock’s fertile theme—“Possibilities”—has appeared in the form of his new memoir published by Viking Books. Aptly titled Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (and co-written with Lisa Dickey) it covers the major dramatic and musical shifts in his life, from his childhood debut as a piano soloist with the Chicago Symphony, through his…