2020 Essentially Ellington Luncheon

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 25^th Annual Virtual Essentially Ellington 
Competition and Festival now June 8-12, 2020
Essentially Ellington Q&A with Wynton Marsalis and Alexa Tarantino 
now June 11, 2020

As of March 17, 2020, the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival was postponed due to COVID-19 and as a result, we regretfully are unable to host the Essentially Ellington Luncheon in its traditional format. Jazz at Lincoln Center places a priority on the health and safety of our concertgoers, artists, guests, patrons, program participants and staff.

We are excited to announce our Virtual Essentially Ellington Festival, that will take place from June 8-12, 2020. For more information on all the events, please click here.

To take the place of our annual Luncheon event, our Managing & Artistic Director, Wynton Marsalis, will host an online Q&A with Essentially Ellington Alumni and Saxophonist Alexa Tarantino on Thursday, June 11, at 12pm EDT. Our Essentially Ellington Luncheon donors will have the opportunity to pre-register for the Zoom conversation, with exclusive access to ask questions and participate in the conversation. The event will also be live streamed on Facebook for the general public.

In celebration of the 25^th Anniversary of Essentially Ellington, several donors have made early gifts at the $25,000 level. We are eternally grateful for this level of support. Please consider adding your voice to this campaign by making a gift to support this important milestone.

Thank you for considering a gift to support Jazz at Lincoln Center and giving us the tools to remain flexible and serve our mission. Your gift today will make a difference. 

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We thank our contributors to date:

25k for 25:
John and Jody Arnhold
Gordon and Peggy Davis
Jeanette Davis-Loeb
Richard and Jennie DeScherer
The Emiko Terasaki Foundation
Alfred and Gail Engelberg
Eric and Sandra Krasnoff
Howard and Eleanor Morgan
Mark Rosenthal
Eric and Fiona Rudin
Susan Rudin
Barry Schwartz

Other contributors:

Aline Almeida
Amy Ballard
Judith Balos
Daniel Belanger
Joan Binstock and David Silvers
Andy and Felicia Blum
Rosanne Braun
Denise Bricker
David and Stacey Brodsky
Joseph Brown
Diane M. Coffey
Timothy Cole
Kathleen D’Aloisio
Richard Furman
Jakub Gasowski
Maury Herman
J. Alan and Susan Kahn
Jay L. and Robin Lewis
Stewart Macaulay
Frederick McKinnon
Diane M.T. North
Jeffrey Phillips
Keith and Rose-Lee Reinhard
Deborah Roberts and Al Roker
Linda Rost
Dominique Marie Senequier
David Sgorbati
Deborah Shatzkes and C. Douglas Phillips
Jim Watt

As of June 10, 2020.

Founding leadership support for Essentially Ellington is provided by:
The Jack and Susan Rudin Educational and Scholarship Fund and Gail and Alfred Engelberg

Additional supporters include: Helen and Robert Appel, Augustine Foundation, Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Fund, Con Edison, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Entergy, and The Hearst Foundations.

Please visit https://academy.jazz.org/ee for more information on the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival.