The Lincoln Foundation’s Evening of Jazz took place Aug. 24 at Churchill Downs.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer received Lincoln Foundation’s most prestigious honor, the Spirit of Excellence Award. Contemporary jazz recording artist Marcus Johnson, a Billboard-ranked keyboardist, headlined the evening. The Voice-Tribune’s Angie Fenton emceed.
Proceeds from the 17th annual event benefited the Whitney M. YOUNG Scholars Program, Lincoln Foundation’s signature educational program.
Photos by TIM VALENTINO | Contributing PhotographerÂ
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- Ed Hamilton.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Marcus Johnson.
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- Larry McDonald, Angie Fenton, Mary Gwen Wheeler and Greg Fischer.
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- Larry McDonald, Angie Fenton, Mary Gwen Wheeler and Greg Fischer.
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- Evening of Jazz.
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- Evening of Jazz.
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- Mary Gwen Wheeler.
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- Mary Gwen Wheeler.
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- Larry McDonald.
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- Larry McDonald.
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- Chinaecherem Omenyinma and Angie Fenton.
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- Chinaecherem Omenyinma and Angie Fenton.
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- Chinaecherem Omenyinma.
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- Evening of Jazz.
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- Amaka Omenyinma, Mary Gwen Wheeler, Chinaecherem Omenyinma and Dominic McCraney.
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- Amaka and Chinaecherem Omenyinma with Dominic McCraney.
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- Barbara and Charles Snow.
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- Antione Terry, Jerry Clark and Le’Artis Allen.
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- Cynthia Williams and Angie Fenton.
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- George Fischer, Leslie and Ron Geoghegan, Margaret Harris and Alexandra Gerassimides.
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- Evening of Jazz.
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- Von and Rick Purdy.
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- Claude Garnett and Deborah Gordon.
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- Linda and Tim Duke, Paula Beckman, Jason Evans and Jennifer and Bradford Hull.
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- Tamia Lysonge, Pamela Fulton Broadus, Gerald Joiner and Bridgette Bell.
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- Terry and Vanessa Humphrey with Dianne and Herman Thompson.
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- Lauren Broadus, Maxine Fulton, Pamela Fulton Broadus, Greg Fischer, Paula Fulton Jackson, and Michael and Doris Fulton.
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- Greg Fischer and Jessica Flowers.
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- George Allen, Elliott Kelly, Jr., Regina Allen and Tran Nguyen.
