Malou Oheix wins $50,000 Herbie Hancock jazz vocals prize in Paris

French vocalist Malou Oheix won the 2026 Herbie Hancock Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition in Paris. She performed "I'm Glad There Is You" and a scat-filled reinterpretation of "Madame Toulouse" in the Oct. 11 finals at the Fondation Louis Vuitton auditorium, earning the first-place $50,000 scholarship.