Photo Gallery: NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony & Concert 2015

Carla Bley, 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert, JALC, NYC

NEA Jazz Master Carla Bley performs with Steve Swallow (bass), Billy Drummond (drums), and Tony Malaby (saxophone), 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert, JALC, NYC

NEA Jazz Master George Coleman performs at the 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert, JALC, NYC

George Coleman performs with Harold Mabern (piano), Eric Alexander (saxophone), John Webber (bass), and Joe Farnsworth (drums), NEA Jazz masters Concert 2015, JALC, NYC

2015 NEA Jazz Masters Charles Lloyd, Carla Bley, George Coleman, and Joe Segal at the NEA Jazz Masters Reunion Luncheon, hosted by BMI.

NEA Chairman Jane Chu at the 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert on April 20, 2015, JALC, NYC

2015 NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd at the 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert on April 20, 2015, JALC, NYC

2015 NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd performs with Gerald Clayton (piano), Joe Sanders (bass), Eric Harland (drums), Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra), and and Miklόs Lukács (cimbalom, not seen), JALC, NYC 4-20-15

2015 NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal at the 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert on April 20, 2015 in Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.

On Monday night, April 20, the National Endowment for the Arts presented its annual NEA Jazz Masters awards ceremony and concert Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. Four new inductees were honored: pianist and composer Carla Bley, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd and longtime Chicago club owner Joe Segal.

The accompanying photos were all shot by Michael G. Stewart. Watch for detailed coverage of the event in JazzTimes‘ upcoming June 2015 issue.