Vision Festival #16 – June 5th through 11th, 2011

Arts For Art presents the 16th annual Vision Festival, New York City’s multidisciplinary celebration of avant-garde jazz music, dance, poetry and art, held for its third year at Abrons Art Center on the Lower East Side.

This year’s highlight is the TRIBUTE TO A LIVING LEGEND: Peter Brotzmann – Celebrating A Lifetime of Achievement

Each year, the Vision Festival honors the achievements of one living artist who has greatly influenced the world around them and paved the way for other innovators to move forward. On Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 Arts For Art and The Vision Festival will celebrate a Lifetime of Achievement by Peter Brotzmann. This great improviser was one of the first practitioners of the Free Jazz movement in Europe. Brotzmann has programmed his own evening in such a way that it would reflect his ongoing pursuit of musical innovation. This 70 year old artist is not interested in looking back – only in looking forward and being as creative as possible in the present time.

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TICKETS:

• Abrons Admission: $30 per day / $20 students & seniors
• June 11 Afternoon Youth Performance – $10 / June 9 @ CSV conduction – $10
• Festival Passes are $160
• VIP Passes/ preferred seating for donation $260
www.visionfestival.org or call (212) 254-5420
Available online @ https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/209/1306972800000/prm/

Schedules

Sunday June 5th, 2011

Abrons Art Center – Downstairs

4:00PM – 6:00PM
Obama, Class Struggle, The Media & The Arts
Amiri Baraka
Ed Bullins
Woodie King
William Parker
Louis Reyes Rivera, moderator

Abrons Art Center – Main Stage

In the Main Stage
6:00PM – 6:15PM
Invocation
Patricia Parker
Fay Victor
Kyoko Kitamura
Jean Carla Rodea
William Parker
Michael Wimberly
6:15PM – 7:00PM
Blood Trio
Sabir Mateen (reeds, sax)
Michael Bisio (bass)
Whit Dickey (drums)
7:15PM – 8:00PM
The Group
A tribute to Marion Brown & Billy Bang

D.D. Jackson (piano)
Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax)
Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Charles Burnham (violin)
Andrew Cyrille (drums)
9:15PM – 10:00PM
Tchicai’s Ascension Unending
In the footsteps of John Coltrane
John Tchicai (sax)
Alex Weiss (sax)
Garrison Fewell (guitar)
Rosie Hertlein (violin)
Dmitry Ishenko (bass)
Ches Smith (drums)
10:15PM – 11:00PM
Tony Malaby’s Tamarindo Trio
Tony Malaby (sax)
William Parker (bass)
Tom Rainey (drums)

Abrons Art Center – Downstairs

8:00PM – 8:30PM
Stephen Haynes & Parrhesia
Stephen Haynes (trumpet, cornets, flugelhorn)
Joe Morris (electric guitar)
Warren Smith (drums and percussion)
8:45PM – 9:15PM
David Henderson & Bob Marshall
David Henderson (poetry)
Bob Marshall (drums)

Monday June 6th, 2011

Abrons Arts Center

In the Main Stage
7:00PM – 8:00PM
Vocal Flight
Fay Victor (voice)
Kyoko Kitamura (voice)
Jean Carla Rodea (voice)
Ken Filiano (bass)
Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
8:30PM – 9:30PM
Michaël Attias Spun Tree Quartet
Michaël Attias (sax)
Ralph Alessi (trumpet)
Sean Conly (bass)
Tom Rainey (drums)
10:00PM – 11:00PM in the Main Stage
Josh Roseman’s Water Surgeons
Josh Roseman (trombone, bass guitar)
Curtis Hasselbring (trombone, guitar)
Jacob Garchik (trombone, accordion)
Barney McAll (keyboards, samples)

Abrons Arts Center

7:45PM – 8:30PM in the Downstairs Theater
Dawn of Midi
Amino Belyamani (piano)
Aakaash Israni (contrabass)
Qasim Naqvi (percussion, drums)
9:15PM – 10:00PM in the Downstairs Theater
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet)
Brian Settles (tenor saxophone)
Matt Moran (guitar)
Trevor Dunn (bass)
Tomas Fujiwara (drums, composition)
5:00PM – 6:30PM
Imagining a Culture of Resistance & Radical Vision: Artists & Social Action
A panel of artists and activists from different perspectives explore the role of art and culture in changing the world today, challenging people to think critically and envisioning another way the world could be.
Marc Ribot, Patricia Parker, Annie Day, Mike Heller (moderator)

Tuesday June 7th, 2011

Abrons Art Center – Main Stage

7:00PM – 8:00PM
Amir ElSaffar’s Within/Between
Jen Shyu (voice)
Amir ElSaffar (trumpet)
Liberty Ellman (guitar)
Francois Moutin (bass)
Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
8:30PM – 9:30PM
Ted Daniel’s International Brass Membrane Corps
Salutes to King Oliver
Ted Daniel (cornet)
Charles Burnham (violin)
Howard Johnson (tuba)
Newman Taylor Baker (drums)
Orlando ‘Que’ Rodriguez (percussion)
10:00PM – 11:00PM
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Tomasz Stanko (trumpet)
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
Mark Feldman (violin)
Mark Helias (bass)

Abrons Art Center – Downstairs

7:00PM – 8:00PM
The Films of Robert O’Haire and Jeff Burns
Bill Dixon: Going to the Center – 31 minutes
Joseph Daley: Earthtones – 23 minutes
9:15PM – 10:00PM
Stephanie Richards’ WATERcolor
Stephanie Richards (trumpet)
Kelly Rosum (trumpet)
Sam Minaie (bass)
Andrew Munsey (drums)
Qasim Naqvi (drums, percussion)
10:45PM – 11:30PM
Jonathan Finlayson’s Sicilian Defense
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet)
Miles Okazaki (guitar)
Keith Witty (bass)
Damion Reid (drums)

Wednesday June 8th, 2011

Abrons Arts Center

In the Main Stage
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7:00PM – 8:00PM in the Main Stage
Peter Brötzmann’s Quartet
Peter Brötzmann (sax, clarinet)
Joe McPhee (sax)
Eric Revis (bass)
William Parker (bass)
8:15PM – 9:00PM in the Main Stage
Peter Brötzmann Duo
Peter Brötzmann (sax, clarinet)
Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone)
9:00PM – 10:00PM
Pulverize the Sound
Peter Evans (trumpet)
Tim Dahl (electric bass)
Mike Pride (drums)
10:00PM – 11:00PM in the Main Stage
Peter Brötzmann’s Quintet
Peter Brötzmann (sax, clarinet)
Ken Vandermark (sax)
Mars Williams (sax)
Kent Kessler (double bass)
Paal Nilssen-Love (drums)

Thursday June 9th, 2011

Abrons Arts Center

In the Main Stage
7:00PM – 8:00PM in the Main Stage
Dick Griffin String Project
Moving Out – Originally Commissioned by Max Roach
Dick Griffin (trombone)
Mazz Swift (violin)
Charles Burnham (violin)
Judith Insell (viola)
Akua Dixon (cello)
Warren Smith (percussion)
8:30PM – 9:30PM in the Main Stage
Kidd Jordan’s Project
Kidd Jordan (sax)
Hamiet Bluiett (sax, clarinet)
Dave Burrell (piano)
William Parker (bass)
William Hooker (drums)
11:00PM – 11:45PM in the Main Stage
Evan Parker & Matthew Shipp
Evan Parker (sax)
Matthew Shipp (piano)

Abrons Arts Center

5:00PM – 7:00PM in the Downstairs Theater
Innovative Music in Education
Tom Zlabinger, Daniel Levin, Nicole Federici, Juan Pablo Carletti, Gerald Cleaver, Michael Heller (moderator)
7:45PM – 8:15PM in the Downstairs Theater
The Pied Cow/a rip improvisation
Jorgo Schaefer (works on paper)
Ute Voelker (accordion)
9:15PM – 9:45PM in the Downstairs Theater
Raging Waters, Red Sands
Jen Shyu (composition, voice, er hu, dance)
Satoshi Haga (choreography, dance)
Ivan Barenboim (clarinet)
Chris Dingman (vibraphone)
Mat Maneri (viola)
Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
10:00PM – 10:30PM in the Downstairs Theater
25 O’Clock Band
Dave Sewelson (alto & bari sax)
Robin Holcomb (piano)
David C. Hofstra (bass)
Stephen Moses (drums)

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

11:59PM
Conduction by John Tchicai

Friday June 10th, 2011

Abrons Arts Center

In the Main Stage
7:30PM – 8:00PM in the Main Stage
Emily Coates Dancers & Charles Burnham Violin
Emily Coates (dance)
Sonja Kostich (dance)
Brandi Norton (dance)
Rachel Bernsen (dance)
Elizabeth Dement (dance)
Bronwen MacArthur (dance)
Charles Burnham (violin)
8:00PM – 9:00PM in the Main Stage
Paradoxical Frog
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax)
Mat Maneri (violin, viola)
Kris Davis (piano)
Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
9:30PM – 10:30PM in the Main Stage
Planetary Unkown
Worldwide Live Debut
David S. Ware (sax)
Cooper-Moore (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Muhammad Ali (drums)
10:30PM – 11:30PM in the Main Stage
Henry Grimes & Marc Ribot
Henry Grimes (bass, violin)
Marc Ribot (guitar)

Abrons Arts Center

In the Downstairs Theater
6:00PM – 7:00PM in the Downstairs Theater
documentary Rwanda 15
Documentary by Kivu Ruhorahoza – 48 minutes
Screening to be followed by a solo performance and  Q&A by Jeremy Danneman.
This musically-driven film chronicles Jeremy Danneman’s 2009 street performances in Rwanda commemorating the 15th anniversary of Rwandan genocide.
Rwanda 15 is a Parade of One production http://www.paradeofone.org.
8:45PM – 9:15PM in the Downstairs Theater
Action Theory
Rachel Bernsen (movement)
Melanie Maar (movement)
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet)
Abraham Gomez-Delgado (EJE)
9:15PM – 10:00PM
Jackson Krall Secret Music Society
Juan Quinonez (guitar)
Mark Hennen (piano)
Hill Greene (bass)
Arthur Brooks (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Joe Rigby (tenor saxophone)
Jackson Krall (drums)

VF FREE at Campos Plaza Playground

5:00PM – 6:00PM
Gerald Cleaver & Campos Youth Ensemble
Campos Kids (percussion & voice)
Jean Carla Rodea (voice)
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, brass)
Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, brass)
Andrew Bishop (reeds)
Joe Morris (guitar)
Craig Taborn (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Gerald Cleaver (drums)
6:00PM – 7:00PM
AFRAZZ
Michael Wimberly (percussion)
Haileja Euma (percussion)
Ronnie Roc (percussion)
Dave Mullen (tenor & soprano sax)
Anthony Robustelli (piano)
Richie Robles (bass)

Saturday June 11th, 2011

Abrons Arts Center

In the Main Stage
6:00PM – 7:00PM in the Main Stage
Reut Regev R*Time Special Edition
Reut Regev (trombone)
Burton Greene (piano)
Al Macdowell (bass)
Igal Foni (drums)
7:00PM – 8:00PM in the Main Stage
Connie Crothers Quartet
Connie Crothers (piano)
Richard Tabnik (alto sax)
Ken Filiano (bass)
Roger Mancuso (drums)
8:30PM – 9:30PM in the Main Stage
Mystery Collective
Spiritual Renaissance
Cooper-Moore (piano)
Rob Brown (sax)
Jason Kao Hwang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Gerald Cleaver (drums)
Patricia Nicholson (dance)
10:00PM – 11:00PM in the Main Stage
Sonny Simmons & Francois Tusques
Francois Tusques (piano)
Sonny Simmons (sax)
11:00PM – 11:59PM
Billy Bang Tribute – Festival Finale
25 Piece String Ensemble with Special Guests
Performs Billy Bang’s Mystery of Mekong
under the direction of William Parker

Abrons Art Center – Downstairs

In the Downstairs Theater
7:45PM – 8:30PM
Geraldine Eguiluz’s Albedo Solo
Geraldine Eguiluz (voice, percussions, guitar)
9:15PM – 9:45PM
Remi Alvarez Quartet
Remi Alvarez (tenor sax, flute, ocarina)
Dom Minasi (guitar)
Ken Filiano (bass)
Michael TA Thompson (drums)