Patti Austin's Acceptance Speech for SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award (SFJAZZ Gala 2024)

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Patti Austin's accepts the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award from Terence Blanchard at the SFJAZZ Gala 2024.
SFJAZZ Gala 2024 combined an evening of world-class performances and elegant dining with 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.
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.
The SFJAZZ Gala 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.
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[@GuillermoCarrasco]

She is fantastic. She have always be. One of the most beautiful voices in US´s music. Well deserved. Congratulations!

[@GodisGreatt]

Congratulations ❤️Patti. She looks great! She deserves more honors than she received! 💐

[@dabeage]

Ooo she funny.

[@KJawn]

I Love still...

[@user-vo1ft9vn2n]

Beautiful congratulations ❤❤❤

[@JAzPuRJoHnSoN]

WE LOVE YOU PATTY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE! MOSTLY BECAUSE I'M A WITCH AND THE "BLACK CAT" FROM GETTIN AWAY WITH MURDER".. IS MY FAVORITE.. LOL🥰🌷💯NASTY YES BABY COME WITH ME!! 😁

[@prokastinatore]

Patti Austin is my favorite voice!

[@JoePeoples-kt6hu]

Love you, Patti. I love your music and you are one beautiful woman.

[@luvmifro]

🙏🏾🥰💚💚💚

[@Below-Average_Joe]

I had no idea how cool she is!

[@jameswharton7040]

Beautiful lady.

[@MichaelMincey-k6h]

LEGENDS OF BLACK. LOVE IT1

[@reneelewis6419]

Love Patti ❤️.. Her voice is amazing. She looks great ❤

[@RoninAliNowOn]

She is crazy! And real!😆

[@Lau_465]

Congratulations ❤