Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2016 Gala, entitled Jazz and Broadway, will celebrate the music of Broadway and the profound influence jazz has had on The Great White Way throughout history. The organization’s one-night benefit performance and dinner – one of the most highly regarded social events in the city – will take place on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 7pm at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the “House of Swing,” located at Broadway at 60th Street, New York, New York.
Jazz and Broadway will be hosted by iconic stage and screen artist Vanessa Williams, and anchored by the exceptional Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. This special concert event will feature an all-star roster of music and dance including Chris Botti, Aaron Diehl, Christine Ebersole, Raul Esparza, LaChanze, Norm Lewis, Marilyn Maye, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Chita Rivera, Denzal Sinclaire, Tommy Tune, Daniel Ulbricht, dancers from “Shuffle Along” and more, paying homage to Broadway’s composers past and present.
The 2016 gala concert will be directed by Emmy nominated Robert Pullen and choreographed by Christopher D’Amboise. Tony award nominated Broadway veteran Terrance Mann serves as Consultant.
Jazz at Lincoln Center will present the Ed Bradley Award for Leadership in Jazz to Jazz at Lincoln Center Board Member Diana DiMenna, and her husband, hedge fund manager Joe DiMenna. The award, named in honor of CBS News correspondent and original Jazz at Lincoln Center board member Ed Bradley, celebrates the integrity, wisdom and pioneering spirit of outstanding leaders and is Jazz at Lincoln Center’s most distinguished award.
The organization will also bestow the inaugural Award for Excellence to Ahmad Jamal in recognition of the NEA Jazz Master’s influential career.
Proceeds from the 2016 Gala will help to enable the diverse education programs and resources produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center each year. Through its concerts, free webcasts, direct musical instruction, and distribution of scores, Jazz at Lincoln Center reaches more than one million people around the world, of all ages. The organization employs more than 1660 artists per year on its bandstands and in its classrooms.
Gala Underwriter
Helen and Bob Appel
Jody and John Arnhold
Diana and Joseph DiMenna
Gala Co-Chairmen
Lisa and Dick Cashin
Betsy Cohn
Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller
Wynton Marsalis
Jenny and Michael Price
Burwell and Chip Schorr
Gala Vice Chairmen
Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn
BNYMellon
Lois Chiles and Richard Gilder
Gail and Al Engelberg
Peter T. Grauer
Ronald D. McCray
Merrill Lynch
Karen and Charles Phillips/Infor
Susan and Jack Rudin
Rebecca and Art Samberg
Souede & Hodge Assciates
Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee
Anonymous
Gala Benefactors
Amy and David Abrams
The Jeffrey Altman Foundation
Robin and Peter Berger
Bloomberg
Jacqueline L. Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr.
Empirical Research Partners LLC
Michael D. Fricklas and Donna J. Astion
Buzzy Geduld
Sonia and Paul T. Jones
Rose-Lee and Keith Reinhard
Diana and Jonathan F.P. Rose
Lisa Roumell and Mark Rosenthal
Fiona and Eric C. Rudin
Lywal Salles
Lisa and David T. Schiff
Barry F. Schwartz
Kimberly Ayers Shariff and Viqar Shariff
Shearman & Stearling LLP
Therese and Marshall Sonenshine
Dianne and David Stern
Venable LLP / Gordon Davis
Daria and Eric Wallach
George Wein
Gala ticket prices begin at $2,500.00 and table prices begin at $35,000. For tickets, please contact Jazz at Lincoln Center Special Events at 212.258.9980 or specialevents@jazz.org.