In 2006, he was nominated for the Juno Award, Canada's equivalent to the Grammy, and in 2011 he received an Emmy nomination. Just last year, he was named 2023 Detroit Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists association. But strip away all the titles, all the awards, and Whitaker is simply a man who understands the power of the gift that he has been given and the necessity … (22:00–22:07)
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