Morgan Freeman to present Award to Clint Eastwood at Monterey Jazz Festival

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Posted on 09/25/2024 2:26:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Two Hollywood legends will be in attendance at this year's Monterey Jazz Festival.

Clint Eastwood will be presented with the inaugural Cultural Leadership Award on Sunday as part of the 67th annual Monterey Jazz Festival.

Eastwood has been a longtime Monterey Jazz Festival board member and he will be given the award by his longtime friend Freeman.

Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County FairgroundsMonterey Jazz Festival returns to Monterey County for 67th year The presentation will be followed by "Eastwood Symphonic," a musical project led by Clint's son American jazz musician and composer Kyle Eastwood.

The project features his quartet along with an orchestral ensemble performing the movie themes from his dad's movies like Gran Torino, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers and Bridges of Madison County.

Clint Eastwood's roots extend far on the Monterey Peninsula.

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Clint moved to the Central Coast when he was drafted for the Korean War. He trained at Fort Ord which is also where he got his start in acting.

As the story goes, Eastwood was spotted while stationed at Fort Ord by crewmembers of Universal Studios. He was given a screen test in Los Angeles that reportedly went poorly, but he would attend drama lessons until he got his first on-screen role in 1955.

After finding success on screen, Clint purchased a home on the Central Coast and called it home.

On April 8, 1986, Eastwood was sworn in as Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Eastwood had campaigned on and successfully overturned a law that outlawed ice cream cones in the town. In addition, he created public restrooms, constructed a library annex and saw the creation of a tourists’ parking lot.

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1 posted on 09/25/2024 2:26:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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