Attended. Local restaurants provided 10,000 meals to the homeless. Who does that . On that kind of a scale . Willie brown does that. [ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. Hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. [ applause ] but since im an old dude, im not going to do that because that would seem unseemly. What i do say is when this is all said and done, willie would seem to be an individual who em bodies t
Hes a celebrated presence, locally, nationally and also a dynamic leader. One can easily ascribe the words to his career, dazzling. Its a dazzling career full of deeply significant and dazzling first as weve mentioned. His mayoral inauguration included a party to which 10,000 people attended. Local restaurants provided 10,000 meals to the homeless. Who does that . On that kind of a scale . Willie brown does that. [ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dud
[ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. Hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. [ applause ] but since im an old dude, im not going to do that because that would seem unseemly. What i do say is when this is all said and done, willie would seem to be an individual who em bodies the classic american story success of invention and reinvention. Born of talent, skill, determination, brilliance, lots of plain old h
And remarkably effective and enduring. Willie brown is a game changer. Thank you, willie, for all your work, talents, brilliance, heart, your and forgiving a damn. Thank you. [ applause ] on that note, i believe i should bring mayor brown to the stage. Is that correct . Ladies and gentlemen, mayor willie brown. [ applause ] that was remarkable. But then again you are a vocalist. Mr. Mayor, kristin, vernal, vernal was rather reserved tonight. Last week when we were at macys during black History Month, the first thing she said, see it . She has one of those world champions diamond rings. She wont let her husband touch it and she shares with everything and she has two of them now. I thought she would do that again tonight. Its your night. Yes, its my night so you are being cool. I also noticed that david chew ended up with some friends of his. Supervisors. David, would you please take a bow to the rest of your supervisors, malia, campos, the tall man, scottie. Stand up scottie. Let people
You. From the artist ry to king oliver to armstrong from the magic of duke elg ton, the elegance of nat king coal to the prestige of lady day this is formed from the African American communities to the south literally lifted this nation to the status of a super power. [ applause ] mr. Mayor brown, your commitment to the preservation of our american art form resulted in the creation of hundreds of jobs and thousands and thousands of nights of employment for jazz musicians in the city of San Francisco and all over the united states. Jazz musicians and College Students from europe to asia, australia to africa come to perform and visit the San Francisco jazz venues that were created under your leadership of the jazz preservation district. And to the man who dresses like the duke elg ton and was visionary commitment of this art form to date. Mr. Mayor brown, we say thank you, we salute you on behalf of my partners and hundreds of jazz musicians from San Francisco to new york city, chicago t