CHUCK STEWART
Looking at the Music: The Jazz Photography of Chuck Stewart
On view: November 18, 2008 – February 14, 2009

This exhibition presents the work of Chuck Stewart, whose artistry in “making music with light”—to borrow an expression from the poet Kalamu Ya Salaam—is of a transcendent order. Complementing the occasion of Stewart’s winning the Milt Hinton Award for Excellence in Jazz Photography (November 20, 2008), this exhibit grants viewers intimate, glorious glimpses of some of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz. Looking at the Music: The Jazz Photography of Chuck Stewart is the first in a series of rotating jazz exhibitions in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Location and Hours: Looking at the Music: The Jazz Photography of Chuck Stewart is located in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City. Admission is free and the Hall is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm and 6pm-11pm.

All photos on view are available for purchase from the artist. Please call 212.258.9988 for information.  

Acknowledgements: Jazz at Lincoln Center gratefully acknowledges the curatorial group: Robert G. O’Meally, director and co-curator; C. Daniel Dawson, co-curator; Diedra Harris-Kelley, associate curator; and Emily Lordi, production assistant. Jazz at Lincoln Center also thanks the exhibitions advisory group: Gerald Cyrus, Bridget Moore, Michael Rosenfeld, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Greg Tate, J. Daniel Veneciano, Kellie Jones, Farah Griffin, Brent Edwards, Stephen Good, Arthur Jafa, Sarah E. Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Xaviera Simmons, Frank Stewart and Deborah Willis. Thanks also go to JR Sanders, Linda Florio, David Berger, Phoebe Jacobs and to Joseph and Kit Reed.

The Milt Hinton Award for Excellence in Jazz Photography is presented every two years by the Jazz Photographers Association in honor of a person or organization’s lifetime achievement in creating or promoting jazz photography. The award is named in honor of its first recipient, the musician-photographer Milt Hinton (1993), and previous awardees include William Claxton (1995), Herman Leonard (1999), Bill Gottlieb (2001), K. Abé (2005), David Redfern (2007) and Chuck Stewart (2009).

Previous Exhibitions:

Jazz at First Sight: The Art of David Stone Martin
In the Best Possible Light: Herman Leonard's Jazz
The Collage Aesthetic of Louis Armstrong: "In the Cause of Happiness"
Looking at the Music: The Jazz Photography of Chuck Stewart
Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World