Gala co-chair Gordon Davis; JALC artistic director Wynton Marsalis;
Patricia Blanchet and Gala co-chair Les Moonves.
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On
November 12, Jazz at
Lincoln Center hosted its annual fall
gala and raised more than $2 million for the
more than 2,000 education and performance events
the not-for-profit organization produces in New
York City and around the world each year. An
evening was filled with celebration and remembrances
of the late Ed Bradley,
beloved Board member of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
A star-studded crowd, on and off the stage, came
to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick
P. Rose Hall. chairman of the Board Lisa
Schiff officially renamed the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Award for Leadership, the Ed
Bradley Award for Leadership and bestowed it posthumously
to Ed Bradley. Ed Bradley’s
wife, Patricia Blanchet, accepted
the award and delivered a powerful acceptance speech
reminding the audience to keep Ed in their head and “Teddy,” his
musical alter-ego, in their feet.”
The concert that followed was a showcase of big band
arrangements performed by the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and
guest vocalists Eartha Kitt,
Fantasia and Paul
Anka. The Orchestra opened the concert
with rousing performances of “Things to Come” by
Dizzy Gillespie and “String of Pearls” by
Glenn Miller.
The elegant evening was co-chaired by Gordon
J. Davis, Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLC; Leslie
Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corporation; Sir
Howard Stringer, chairman & CEO, Sony
Corporation. Dinner chairmen were Kathryn
McAuliffe and Jay L. Kriegel. The
Corporate chairmen were Agnes Varis,
Agvar Chemicals Inc.; and Karen
Rafferty, Cadillac.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Board members and special guests in attendance included: Shahara
Ahmad-Llewellyn, John Arnhold, Julie Chen, Connie Chung and Maury
Povich, Diane Coffey, Betsy and Alan Cohn,
Steve Croft, Christopher Dark, Gordon Davis, Nora Ephron and Nicholas
Pileggi, Mica Ertegun, Michael Fricklas, Victoria Moran Furman and Jay
Furman, Mark and Ani Gabrellian, June and John
Gibson, Phoebe Jacobs, Derek Johnson, Ginny Mancini, Carlos Migoya, Les Moonves,
Keith and Rose-Lee Reinhard, Leonard Riggio, Emilie Roy Corey,
Jack Rudin, David and Lisa Schiff, Melanie Shorin, Harry Smith, Leslie Stahl,
David Stern, Mike Valerio, Dr. Agnes Varis, Herbert and Svetlana
Watchtell, Faye Wattleton and George T. Wein.
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Chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center Board Lisa Schiff and David Schiff.
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Paul Anka.
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Eartha Kitt.
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Fantasia.
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Dinner chairman Jay Kreigel, Gala director John Goberman
and JALC Board member Diane Coffey.
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Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn, Board vice
chair; guest, Sanjeanetta
Harris.
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Board member, Peter Norton with
Gwen Norton.
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JALC Board members, Ed Lewis, Skip Gates, Faye Wattleton, Gordon Davis.
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Board member Ashley Schiff and
Joe Versace.
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Jim Zirin and Board member, Marlene Hess.
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Maury Povich and Connie Chung.
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Patricia Blanchet, George Wein and Natacha Blanchet.
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Board member Jay Furman and wife Vicki Moran Furman.
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Patricia Blanchet and Jimmy Buffet.
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Board member, Alan Cohn (right) with Betsy Cohn and Arthur Fleischer.
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JALC Board member, Agnes Varis with Karl Leichtman and friends.
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Lars Forsberg, Ellen Levine, Board member Carlos
Migoya, Jeanette Wasterstein.
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Executive director Adrian Ellis and
Libby Casale.
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Bernadette and Randy Fertel.
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JALC Board member, Keith Reinhard.
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JALC Board member Brian Madden.
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Mica Ertegun (center) with family.
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Photos:
Images 1-6, 9, 12, 21: Frank Stewart for Jazz
at Lincoln Center;
Images 7-8, 10-11, 13-20, 22-23:
Julie Skarratt for Jazz at Lincoln Center. |
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