Video from JALC Grand Opening Inaugural Gala

Published: May 28, 2006, 10:47 a.m.

b'On October 20 at 8pm, the Frederick P. Rose Theater played host to the inaugural gala, with celebrities such as former Vice President Al Gore and actor Robert Redford in the house, and a buffet of artists on stage. Wynton was alternately emotive and brazen on \\u201cJust a Closer Walk with Thee.\\u201d Saxophonists Joe Lovano and Branford Marsalis swung abstractedly through \\u201cTenor Madness.\\u201d\\nPatti Austin mimicked Ella Fitzgerald on \\u201cHow High the Moon,\\u201d and Liza Minnelli broke it up with a rousing \\u201cNew York, New York.\\u201d'