SFJAZZ Gala 2024 celebrates GRAMMY Award-winning singer and songwriter Patti Austin with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award during our most lively and influential annual fundraiser. The party is centered around the Gala Concert, featuring the most exciting names in jazz in all-star collaborations--all erupting into an unforgettable late night After Party.
GALA CO-CHAIRS
Aurora James
Mike and Alison Mauzé
HOSTED BY
Arthel Neville
ALL-STAR GALA CONCERT COLLABORATIONS BY
Patti Austin · Terence Blanchard · Ledisi · PJ Morton · Brian Stokes Mitchell · Siedah Garrett · SFJAZZ Collective + more!
AFTER PARTY PERFORMANCES BY
Dumpstaphunk in Miner Auditorium
Dance Party with DJ Soul Sister in the Gala Tent
Listening Lounge in Joe Henderson Lab
John Michael Rouchell & Friends
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.
About the Honoree Patti Austin
From her start as a four-year-old prodigy on Harlem's Apollo Theater stage at the urging of vocal legend Dinah Washington and her years as an in-demand session singer, to her life as an R&B hit maker and her recent salute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Patti Austin is an American original. A GRAMMY-winning artist who has recorded 20 superlative albums over her five-decade career, she has collaborated with a staggering list of modern masters including James Brown, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross, James Ingram, Paul Simon, Roberta Flack, and her godfather, Quincy Jones.
"Instantly appealing and truly inspirational" -- JazzTimes
SFJAZZ Gala 2024 celebrates GRAMMY Award-winning singer and songwriter Patti Austin with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award during our most lively and influential annual fundraiser. The party is centered around the Gala Concert, featuring the most exciting names in jazz in all-star collaborations--all erupting into an unforgettable late night After Party.
GALA CO-CHAIRS
Aurora James
Mike and Alison Mauzé
HOSTED BY
Arthel Neville
ALL-STAR GALA CONCERT COLLABORATIONS BY
Patti Austin · Terence Blanchard · Ledisi · PJ Morton · Brian Stokes Mitchell · Siedah Garrett · SFJAZZ Collective + more!
AFTER PARTY PERFORMANCES BY
Dumpstaphunk in Miner Auditorium
Dance Party with DJ Soul Sister in the Gala Tent
Listening Lounge in Joe Henderson Lab
John Michael Rouchell & Friends
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.
About the Honoree Patti Austin
From her start as a four-year-old prodigy on Harlem's Apollo Theater stage at the urging of vocal legend Dinah Washington and her years as an in-demand session singer, to her life as an R&B hit maker and her recent salute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Patti Austin is an American original. A GRAMMY-winning artist who has recorded 20 superlative albums over her five-decade career, she has collaborated with a staggering list of modern masters including James Brown, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross, James Ingram, Paul Simon, Roberta Flack, and her godfather, Quincy Jones.
"Instantly appealing and truly inspirational" -- JazzTimes
SFJAZZ Gala 2024 celebrates GRAMMY Award-winning singer and songwriter Patti Austin with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award during our most lively...