Photo Gallery: Newport Jazz Festival 2015

At 89, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson was the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival elder statesman

Lou Donaldson Quartet, Newport Jazz Festival 2015

Joey Alexander at his encore mini-set at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival’s Quad Stage

Joey Alexander, Newport Jazz Festival 2015

Saxophonist Matana Roberts performed with her band Coin Coin at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Drummer Jack DeJohnette’s Made in Chicago with Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill and Larry Gray: Newport Jazz Festival 2015

Hiromi and Michel Camilo, Newport Jazz Festival 2015

Hiromi and Michel Camilo, Newport Jazz Festival 2015

Pianist Christian Sands’ quartet inaugurated the new Storyville indoor stage August 1 at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Bassist Christian McBride’s trio with Christian Sands and Ulysses Owens at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Cassandra Wilson and saxophonist Robby Marshall at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Cassandra Wilson brought her Billie Holiday centennial tribute to the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Pianist Aaron Diehl’s trio at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival’s Storyville club stage

Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Jazz Festival producer George Wein and interviewer Nate Chinen discuss Miles Davis at the 2015 festival

Scott Robinson’s instrumental arsenal for his Doctette performance at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Bob Dorough in the crowd for saxophonist Scott Robinson’s 2015 Newport Jazz Festival set

Kneebody made its first Newport Jazz Festival appearance, July 2015

Tom Harrell Quintet (Harrell on trumpet; drummer Johnathan Blake; saxophonist Wayne Escoffery; pianist Danny Grissett; bassist Ugonna Okegwo), 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Snarky Puppy at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Triumph of Trumpets teamed Jon Faddis, Sean Jones and 2014 Monk Competition winner Marquis Hill (soloing) at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Trumpeter Peter Evans made a quartet appearance at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Trumpeter Peter Evans made a quartet appearance at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Pat Martino and Pat Bianchi at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Guitarist Pat Martino (r.) and Hammond B-3 player Pat Bianchi at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival (photo: Ken Franckling)

Bluesman Lucky Peterson at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Pianist Gerald Clayton at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Pianist Gerald Clayton at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Pat Martino at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Pat Martino, Newport Jazz Festival 2015 (photo: Ken Franckling)

The 2015 Newport Jazz Festival, as always, featured a widely diverse roster of artists. Photographer and blogger Ken Franckling was there and captured many of the weekend’s highlights for JazzTimes.

Originally Published August 5, 2015