hey there's tony bennett with wynton marsalis.le opened their homes to edward r. murrow every weekend. world war ii. he was in on the invasion of okinawa. i got to go and stand on the beach that he stormed in on and my grandfather is still alive and i was able to get on a satellite phone and talk to him while standing on that beach and i asked him, you know, grandpa what were you thinking because, you know, i was overcome with emotion just crying thinking about what that must have been like. he said i was 19 years old, i was trying to live to be 20. still gets me kind of emotional. but that was the greatest generation. those were strong men and women and we owe our lives to them every day. >> clearly an emotional idea for you, i suspect for many of those warriors you're a hero but clearly for you they are the hero. >> there's no question. it is amazing when they tell you man i'm such a big fan, you're my idol or what have you. i flip that around on them and say no you're the hero. >> let me talk to you about another hero of yours.

. >> wynton marsalis started a concert series 25 years ago.ganization dedicated to jazz. we'll talk to wynton marsalis next on cbs "this morning." ,,,,, u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. ♪ >>> for 25 years jazz at lincoln center as offered thousands of performances, educational programs and events around the world. the organization is celebrating its silver anniversary this year, co-founder and artistic director wynton marsalis is a cbs news cultural correspondent. he joins us now. congratulations. >> thank you. it's been a while. >> 25