SFJAZZ Gala 2025

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  • Paul Reiser's hilarious and heartfelt speech to Don Was (SFJAZZ Gala 2025)

    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...

  • Lisa Fischer sings The Rolling Stones’ classic “Wild Horses”

    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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  • Don Was Acceptance Speech for the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award

    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”

    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...