Wynton Marsalis Acceptance Speech | 2022 SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award

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About this clip:
2022 SFJAZZ Gala Honoree Wynton Marsalis makes his acceptance speech for his Lifetime Achievement Award during SFJAZZ Gala 2022 at the SFJAZZ Center on June 3, broadcast live.
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About the concert:
SFJAZZ Gala 2022 honored Wynton Marsalis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter, composer, Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director, and 2011 NEA Jazz Master. Artists performing included Terence Blanchard, Catherine Russell, the SFJAZZ Collective, the Harlem Quartet, the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars, and more. After Party artists included Tank and the Bangas and Jesús Díaz y Su QBA. The SFJAZZ Gala and After Party is a benefit for SFJAZZ’s artistic and education programs with the goal of advancing the art form of jazz in the Bay Area and beyond. The organization reaches nearly 200,000 patrons annually through its curated artistic programming. Its educational initiatives inspire hundreds of public school students via a range of free and low-cost programs. The new SFJAZZ digital platform greatly expands the reach of these programs to jazz fans and students around the world.
PERSONNEL:
Wynton Marsalis
Terence Blanchard
Wendell Pierce
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[@maverickmiles6568]

I've watched Wynton grow and evolve into a stellar true Jazz man and now such an eloquent Jazz statesman and Jazz Ambassador of the highest order.

[@sfjazz]

couldn't agree more!

[@masonklein]

The highest order for sure. A poignant and long-standing record of musical integrity, leadership, intelligence, and soulful humanity spanning the decades. One of the greatest figures of our time.

[@andrewmiller5610]

Thank you!!!! Mr. Marsalis for your humanity and your beautiful music.

[@sfjazz]

here here!

[@cornellsly]

Wanton Marsalis is truly the GOAT as it pertains to humanity. Thank you Brother!

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[@WOKINTUSD]

Thank you so much Mr wynton marsalis

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