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[ cheers and applause ] >> i learned from a beautiful lady named thelma stewart, and i am going to say it. with a straight face from my heart. it is a blessing to be a blessing. to god goes all the glory. to my mother and father, josephina and jose, they taught me you are because of god and you have because of people. to everyone in alma award it's, nclr, i want to thank you for this award. and i encourage you to keep doing what you are doing because, the last thing i am going to say, they told us to keep it short, but this is the most important one, it came from john coltrain, it goes like th...

Not many people know who reggie love is. outside president obama's family he is the person the commander in chief spends the most time with. >> that's because he is the president's body man, a gatekeeper to the oval office and he never, ever talks to the media. >> until now. he is leaving his post. and in an abc news exclusive he is speaking about his job with espn's rachel nichols. >> reporter: reggie love has been a constant presence, feet away from president obama since we first met him during the 2008 campaign. love started in the mail room of the obama senate office then moved to the camp...

>> mike: amazed you have embraced jazz. it's a wonderful form of music and i fear sometimes we may lose a generation who maybe won't appreciate it. what got you fascinated by jazz? >> basically exactly what you just said. just the fact that it's, basically one of the first art forms, you know, one of the first like original music that started out. like way back when and i think that it's one of the most beautiful types of music there is and it's timeless. to me, it doesn't go out of style and there's a reason it's been around since the 40's, you know. >> it doesn't go out of style, ella fitzge...

When i was like 11 to kind of raise money for different causes i believed in and i'm one of the audiences was-- found out i was at the festival and asked me if i'd want to come and perform and just kind of went from there. >> i'm aamazed you went for jazz. i'm afraid maybe we will lose a generation that maybe won't appreciate it. what fascinated you about jazz. >> basically what you said. basically one of the first art forms. one of the first, like, original music that started out. like, way back when and i think it's one of the most beautiful types of music it is and timeless. to me, it doesn...