Ceremony

The Dorothy AND Lillian Gish Prize
Awarded to
Ornette Coleman
October 14, 2004

Welcome and Introduction
Edward Jones, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank

Remarks by
Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Special Performance
Lonely Women composed by Ornette Coleman
Performed by JoAnne Brackeen (piano), Denardo Coleman (drums), Tony Falanga (bass violin), Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone), Wallace Roney (trumpet) and Badal Roy (tabla)

Presentation of the Prize
Bill Ivey, Director, The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt

Accepting the Prize
Ornette Coleman

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