Out & About
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Who wasn’t watching the debate last night: The 300 guests gathered at Jazz at Lincoln Center for the inaugural induction ceremony of the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. The party started in the Hall of Fame itself, designed by David Rockwell. It’s a narrow space in front of the Frederick P. Rose Hall, featuring a wall of colorful panels and projection screens telling the story of each inductee. The video montages were created by Cara Brower, Scott Stowell, and others from the design studio Open.
Then folks settled into the Frederick P. Rose Hall for dinner and the inductions of 14 jazz legends: Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Sidney Bechet, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Bix Beiderbecke, Miles Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillepsie, Charlie Parker, and Duke Ellington.
The hosts of the evening were Ahmet and Mica Ertegun, who gave the money to create the center. It is named for Mr. Ertegun’s late brother Nesushi (1917-89).
Standing near a bust of his brother, Mr. Ertegun reflected on the hall’s purpose: “People come to New York from all over the world to listen to jazz. Now they have a locus, a meeting place.”
Guests included Louise Grunwald, Sid and Mercedes Bass, Sonny and Gita Mehta, Oscar and Annette de la Renta, William and Donna Acquavella, Linda and Mort Janklow, board members of Jazz at Lincoln Center such as Lisa Schiff, Gordon Davis, Gail Engelberg, Diane Coffey, and Jonathan Rose, and the members of the Hall of Fame selection committee, including Dan Morgenstern, Albert Murray, Phil Schaap, and George Wein.
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The Frick Young Fellows gathered in the Frick mansion’s gardens and the galleries last night for cocktails and pre-debate discussion. Men in white jackets served hors d’oeuvres and cocktails to Mark Gilbertson, Tinsley Mortimer, Douglas Hannant, and more than 700 others. But at about 8:45, everyone headed toward the door and their next social activity – watching the debates. Some went down to Le Cirque, others took a stroll up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Business Week hosted a debate viewing party.