SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 SFJAZZ Gala. Step by step, over 40 years, Randall grew a small community festival into a San Francisco cultural institution and one of the most influential jazz organizations in the wor...

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As SFJAZZ honors Founder and Artistic Director Randall Kline with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023, we highlight the important work SFJAZZ Education does in our community through the lens of one of our long-standing Teachi...

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Jazz vocal legend performs the standard “I Love Being Here With You” with the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Orchestra, during SFJAZZ Gala 2023 at the SFJAZZ Center on May 4, 2023, honoring SFJAZZ...

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Former SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Regina Carter, Miguel Zenón and John Santos join the SFJAZZ Collective for a lively rendition of Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez’s “Chanchullo” at the SFJAZZ Gala 2023 honoring Ran...

Current SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director gives a speech honoring 2022 SFJAZZ Gala Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Wynton Marsalis at the SFJAZZ Center on June 3, 2022.

SFJAZZ Gala 2022 honored Wynton Marsalis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter, composer, Jazz at Lincoln Center Artisti...

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Patti Austin's Acceptance Speech for SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award at the SFJAZZ Gala 2024.

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Actor and comedian Paul Reiser speaks about his history with SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don Was on stage during SFJAZZ Gala 2025. He relates the story of how Was helped create the theme song to his award-winning television comedy “Mad About You” and what he learned from the multi...

GRAMMY-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer sings The Rolling Stones classic “Wild Horses” to honor Don Was at the SFJAZZ Gala 2025. Joining Lisa onstage is SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard, guitar legend Bill Frisell, and members of the SFJAZZ Collective.

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Legendary bassist, producer and Blue Note Records President Don Was accepts the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award from Terence Blanchard at the SFJAZZ Gala 2025. In his speech, he shares how he first discovered jazz on the radio in Detroit, listening to Joe Henderson's "Mode For Joe," and how tha...

Terence Blanchard & the SFJAZZ Collective perform “Wandering Wonder” (SFJAZZ Gala 2025)

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SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director and members of the SFJAZZ Collective perform “Wandering Wonder” from...