SFJAZZ GALA 2024 - LiveStream Screening

SFJAZZ GALA 2024 HONORING PATTI AUSTIN
A BENEFIT FOR SFJAZZ ARTISTIC AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

ALL-STAR GALA CONCERT FEATURES:
Patti Austin
Terence Blanchard
Ledisi
PJ Morton
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Siedah Garrett
SFJAZZ Collective
+ more!

HOSTED BY
Arthel Neville

The all-star SFJAZZ Gala Concert combines two historic milestones: the honoring of GRAMMY Award–winning singer and songwriter Patti Austin with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award and the welcoming of trumpeter, composer, NEA Jazz Master, and seven-time Grammy-winner Terence Blanchard in his inaugural season as Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ.

The Gala is SFJAZZ’s largest fundraiser of the year, and benefits SFJAZZ’s artistic and education programs with the goal of advancing the art form of jazz in the Bay Area and beyond. The Gala Concert is the on the main stage in Miner Auditorium, featuring performances by a host of musical luminaries in all-star collaborations, including Patti Austin herself, Terence Blanchard, Ledisi, PJ Morton, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Siedah Garrett and the SFJAZZ Collective's Chris Potter, David Sánchez, Mike Rodriguez, Warren Wolf, Edward Simon, Matt Brewer and Kendrick Scott.

Viewers are encouraged to give generously to the Gala Broadcast Fund (https://www.sfjazz.org/support/donations/gala-broadcast-fund/) during and after the live screening. All donations are tax deductible.

ABOUT PATTI AUSTIN

Patti Austin was born to be music royalty with Dinah Washington and Quincy Jones as her godmother and godfather. From her start as a four-year-old prodigy on Harlem’s Apollo Theatre Stage, through her years as an elite backing vocalist, to her blossoming into one of America’s great hitmakers, Patti Austin has gone from triumph to triumph. Winner of a 2008 GRAMMY for Jazz Vocal Album, she is a seven-time GRAMMY-nominated artist whose career has spanned decades. With a full 20 albums to her credit, Ms. Austin has collaborated with a staggering list of modern masters, including Quincy Jones, James Brown, James Ingram, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross, Roberta Flack, Donald Fagen, Burt Bacharach, Dave Grusin and many others. Join us in celebrating her immense contribution to American music..