Arts agency names Carla Bley, George Coleman, Charles Lloyd, Joe Segal as 2015 Jazz Masters
Posted June 25, 2014 12:26 pm.
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WASHINGTON – Composer Carla Bley, saxophonists George Coleman and Charles Lloyd and Chicago jazz club owner Joe Segal are being honoured with the nation’s highest award in jazz.
The National Endowment for the Arts announced Wednesday that the four will receive the 2015 NEA Jazz Masters Award. They will be honoured in April 2015 at New York’s Lincoln Center. Each musician receives a $25,000 fellowship.
Bley of Willow, New York, is hailed as one of the premier composers of the last 50 years.
Coleman of Jersey City, New Jersey, grew up in Memphis learning to play the blues and toured with B.B. King.
Lloyd of Santa Barbara, California, is honoured for his improvisational skills and for fusing jazz with other music.
And Segal has been presenting jazz in Chicago since 1947.
