(RED BANK | JUNE 30) The Count Basie Center’s 2018 summer gala was a night that will live down in history! Honoring The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation and a headlining performance by “Hamilton” Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. The night ended with a first time ever Count Basie Center duel featuring battling philanthropists Jeremy Grunin and Carol Stillwell conducting and competing to raise the most ever in a Count Basie Center live auction.

(Photos by Amanda Stevens & Mark Sullivan for the Count Basie Center)