SFJAZZ Singles: Wynton Marsalis performs “Back to Basics” w/ SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Big Band
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About this clip:
2022 SFJAZZ Gala Honoree Wynton Marsalis performs his composition “Back to Basics” with the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Orchestra, 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.