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Sep 14, 2011 Pictured at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s 25th Anniversary International Jazz Piano Competition and Gala Concert are Tom Carter, President of the Thelonious Monk Institute; BMI’s Fred Cannon; BMI composer Herbie Hancock, Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute; and BMI composer Bobby Avey, winner of the Thelonious Monk Institute 2011 International Jazz Composer’s Competition. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Herbie Hancock and Bobby Avey, winner of the Thelonious Monk Institute 2011 International Jazz Composer’s Competition, pause for a photo at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s 25th Anniversary International Jazz Piano Competition and Gala Concert. View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 BMI toasted the team behind Blake Shelton’s four-week no. 1 hit “Honey Bee” at a shindig co-hosted by BMI and Warner Music Nashville at the latter’s offices on September 8. Written by longtime friends Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, the tongue-in-cheek ballad is the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year’s fourth consecutive no. 1 single and the ninth of… View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 Co-writer Rhett Akins (far left) is pictured at the “Honey Bee” no. 1 party. View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 Co-writer Rhett Akins, Blake Shelton, and co-writer Ben Hayslip celebrate at the “Honey Bee” no. 1 party. View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 Producer Scott Hendricks and Blake Shelton celebrate at the “Honey Bee” no. 1 party. “Honey Bee” is the 47th no. 1 single Hendricks has produced over the course of his 30-year career. View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 Fellow peach-picker Dallas Davidson (center) congratulates Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip on their no. 1 song “Honey Bee.” View Photo

Sep 12, 2011 Del Bryant, son Thaddeus and wife Carolyn enjoy the Michael Bolton Charities and Dave Mason Benefit Concert and Celebrity Golf Classic. View Photo

Sep 12, 2011 Legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier (right) and his wife Barbara celebrate with BMI President & CEO Del Bryant at the Michael Bolton Charities and Dave Mason Benefit Concert and Celebrity Golf Classic September 10 at the Ojai (Calif.) Valley Inn and Spa. View Photo

Sep 12, 2011 Del Bryant accepts the Michael Bolton Charities Lifetime Achievement Award at the charity organization’s second annual benefit and golf tournament as host and esteemed BMI songwriter Michael Bolton looks on. View Photo