04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 1 Monday Evening, April 20, 2015, at 7:30 Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director Greg Scholl, Executive Director 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert Honoring the 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters CARLA BLEY GEORGE COLEMAN CHARLES LLOYD JOE SEGAL There will be no intermission during this presentation. Jazz at Lincoln Center thanks its season sponsors: Amtrak, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Brooks Brothers, The Coca-Cola Company, Con Edison, Entergy, HSBC Premier, The Shops at Columbus Circle at Time Warner Center, and SiriusXM. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Please make certain your cellular phone, Rose Theater pager, or watch alarm is switched off. Frederick P. Rose Hall jazz.org 04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 2 Jazz at Lincoln Center 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert with NEA JAZZ MASTERS CARLA BLEY (2015), Keyboards JIMMY COBB (2009), Drums GEORGE COLEMAN (2015), Saxophone JIMMY HEATH (2003), Saxophone CHARLES LLOYD (2015), Saxophone, Flute Special Guests CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT, Vocals INGRID JENSEN, Trumpet IRVIN MAYFIELD, Trumpet IRA SULLIVAN, Trumpet ERIC ALEXANDER, Saxophone RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA, Saxophone TONY MALABY, Saxophone SOKRATIS SINOPOULOS, Lyra MIKLÓS LUKÁCS, Cimbalom GERALD CLAYTON, Piano HAROLD MAB ERN, Piano STU KATZ, Piano HELEN SUNG, Piano RAY DRUMMOND, Bass HANS GLAWISCHNIG, Bass JOE SANDERS, Bass STEVE SWALLOW, Bass JOHN WEBBER, Bass BILLY DRUMMOND, Drums JOE FARNSWORTH, Drums ERIC HARLAND, Drums RUDY ROYSTON, Drums Special thanks to Helen and Robert J. Appel, Chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Board, for their generous support of the NEA Jazz Masters Reception. 04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 3 Jazz at Lincoln Center 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert Hosted by Christian McBride Pre-Concert Music “Serenade to a Bus Seat” Clark Terry (NEA Jazz Master, 1991) Hans Glawischnig, Ingrid Jensen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rudy Royston, and Helen Sung “Filthy McNasty” Horace Silver (NEA Jazz Master, 1995) Hans Glawischnig, Ingrid Jensen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rudy Royston, and Helen Sung Program Welcome from the NEA Jane Chu, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Irvin Mayfield, Member, National Council on the Arts “Hello My Lovely” Charlie Haden (NEA Jazz Master, 2012) Hans Glawischnig, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Irvin Mayfield, Rudy Royston, and Helen Sung Welcome from Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis (NEA Jazz Master, 2011), Managing and Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center Award Presentation to Carla Bley Presented by Eddie Palmieri (NEA Jazz Master, 2013) “Ups and Downs” Carla Bley (NEA Jazz Master, 2015) Carla Bley, Billy Drummond, Tony Malaby, and Steve Swallow (program continued) 04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 4 Jazz at Lincoln Center Award Presentation to George Coleman Presented by Lou Donaldson (NEA Jazz Master, 2013) “Lo-Joe” George Coleman (NEA Jazz Master, 2015) Eric Alexander, George Coleman, Joe Farnsworth, Harold Mabern, and John Webber Tribute to NEA Jazz Masters by A.B. Spellman In memory of Buddy DeFranco (1923 –2014), Charlie Haden (1937 –2014), Orrin Keepnews (1923 –2015), Jimmy Scott (1925 –2014), Horace Silver (1928 –2014), Clark Terry (1920 –2015), Joe Wilder (1922 –2014), and Gerald Wilson (1918 –2014). “Motherless Child” Traditional Hans Glawischnig, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Helen Sung Award Presentation to Charles Lloyd Presented by Kenny Barron (NEA Jazz Master, 2010) “Part 5: Ruminations” Charles Lloyd (NEA Jazz Master, 2015) Gerald Clayton, Eric Harland, Charles Lloyd, Miklós Lukács, Joe Sanders, and Sokratis Sinopoulos The Role of Jazz Advocates Aaron Dworkin, Member, National Council on the Arts Award Presentation to Joe Segal Presented by Jimmy Heath (NEA Jazz Master, 2003) “Dewey Square” Charlie Parker Jimmy Cobb (NEA Jazz Master, 2009), Ray Drummond, Jimmy Heath (NEA Jazz Master, 2003), Stu Katz, and Ira Sullivan Closing Remarks Jane Chu and Christian McBride 04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 5 Jazz at Lincoln Center NEA Jazz Masters (1982 –2014) Muhal Richard Abrams Von Freeman Abbey Lincoln Jamey Aebersold Curtis Fuller Melba Liston Toshiko Akiyoshi Rudy Van Gelder Charles Lloyd Mose Allison Dizzy Gillespie Johnny Mandel George Avakian Benny Golson The Marsalis Family (Ellis Jr., David Baker Dexter Gordon Wynton, Delfeayo, Jason, Danny Barker Lorraine Gordon Branford) Ray Barretto Charlie Haden Tom McIntosh Kenny Barron Jim Hall Jackie McLean Count Basie Chico Hamilton Marian McPartland Louie Bellson Lionel Hampton Carmen McRae Tony Bennett Slide Hampton Jay McShann George Benson Herbie Hancock James Moody Art Blakey Barry Harris Dan Morgenstern Carla Bley Roy Haynes Anita O’Day Anthony Braxton Jimmy Heath Jimmy Owens Bob Brookmeyer Percy Heath Eddie Palmieri Cleo Patra Brown Joe Henderson Sun Ra Ray Brown Luther Henderson Max Roach Dave Brubeck Jon Hendricks Sonny Rollins Kenny Burrell Nat Hentoff Annie Ross Donald Byrd Billy Higgins George Russell Candido Camero Andrew Hill Gunther Schuller Benny Carter Milt Hinton Jimmy Scott Betty Carter Bill Holman Joe Segal Ron Carter Shirley Horn Artie Shaw Kenneth Clarke Freddie Hubbard Jimmy Smith Buck Clayton Bobby Hutcherson Horace Silver Jimmy Cobb Milt Jackson Wayne Shorter George Coleman Ahmad Jamal Billy Taylor Ornette Coleman Keith Jarrett Cecil Taylor Chick Corea J.J. Johnson Clark Terry Miles Davis Elvin Jones Toots Thielemans Richard Davis Hank Jones McCoy Tyner Buddy DeFranco Jonathan “Jo” Jones Sarah Vaughan Jack DeJohnette Quincy Jones Cedar Walton Lou Donaldson Sheila Jordan George Wein Dorothy Donegan Orrin Keepnews Frank Wess Paquito D’Rivera Andy Kirk Randy Weston Harry “Sweets” Edison Lee Konitz Joe Wilder Roy Eldridge Hubert Laws Joe Williams Gil Evans Yusef Lateef Gerald Wilson Art Farmer John Levy Nancy Wilson Ella Fitzgerald John Lewis Teddy Wilson Tommy Flanagan Ramsey Lewis Phil Woods Frank Foster David Liebman Snooky Young 04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 6 Jazz at Lincoln Center Meet the Artists ensembles, including her longtime partner, Steve Swallow. Carla Bley George Coleman One of the premier composers of the last The spectrum of George Coleman’s musical 50-plus years, Carla Bley has written music career extends from playing blues in the for big bands, choirs, chamber orchestras, Beale Street clubs of Memphis to blowing and small combos. Bley’s skills have been in modern jazz on the New York stages. He is demand even outside of jazz, including per - known for a deeply soulful tone in his per - forming and recording with Jack Bruce, formances and throughout the fabric of his Robert Wyatt, and Pink Floyd’s drummer own compositions. He grew up in Nick Mason. Bley’s father, Emil Borg, a Memphis. Intrigued by the music of Charlie church organist and piano teacher, first intro - Parker, Coleman taught himself to play the duced her to music when she was three, alto saxophone. In 1952, at age 17, he got and she first heard jazz when she was 12. his first big break with blues guitarist (and She moved to New York at age 17, working NEA National Heritage Fellow) B.B. King, as a cigarette girl at the jazz club Birdland, touring and recording with him for several where she met pianist Paul Bley, whom she years. Coleman switched to tenor sax when married in 1957. She began writing compo - King needed a tenor man in his band. sitions, which Paul Bley and a number of other musicians began to record. In 1956 Coleman moved to Chicago and joined Walter Perkins’ group MJT+3. In In 1964, with her second husband, trum - 1958 he attracted the attention of drummer peter Michael Mantler, she formed the Jazz Max Roach and relocated to New York City Composer’s Orchestra and subsequently to play in his band. In 1959 he joined trom - founded the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra bonist Slide Hampton’s octet, touring Association, an independent record label Europe for the first time and developing his focusing on more avant-garde forms of composing and arranging skills. In 1963 jazz. Bley’s compositions and arrange - Coleman became a part of Miles Davis’ ments reached wider audiences through groundbreaking quintet that included Herbie such recordings as Charlie Haden’s The Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. Liberation Music Orchestra . After leaving Davis’ group in 1964, In 1972 Bley and Mantler started a new Coleman freelanced as a composer and record label, Watt. She also began experi - arranger for various musicians, such as menting outside of jazz, joining Jack Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Elvin Jones, and Bruce’s band in 1975, writing all the com - Cedar Walton. He then began to focus on positions for and performing on Nick his own groups, also adding the soprano Mason’s 1981 album Nick Mason’s saxophone to his instrument repertoire. Fictitious Sports , and recording the sound - Coleman continues to perform, usually track to the 1985 film Mortelle Randonnée . with his son George, Jr. on drums. Cole - In 1997 a live production of Escalator over man is also a jazz educator, teaching at the Hill was staged in Germany, then toured Mannes College The New School for Europe the following year. Bley is a recipi - Music, Long Island University, and New ent of a Guggenheim Fellowship for music York University, and conducting master composition (1972) and the German Jazz classes at universities nationwide. In 1997 Trophy “A Life for Jazz” (2009). Bley has he received the Jazz Foundation of toured all over the world and continues to America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, perform and record frequently, both with and in 2012, he was inducted into the her own big band and a number of smaller Memphis Music Hall of Fame. 04-20 NEA_GP 4/13/15 12:19 PM Page 7 Jazz at Lincoln Center Charles Lloyd Joe Segal Charles Lloyd’s fierce improvisational skills Since 1947, Joe Segal has been pursuing and interest in fusing jazz with non-Western his great love: presenting jazz musicians in musical styles established him as one of performance in Chicago, Illinois.