“The aim of the Vision Festival is to keep alive in hearts and minds, all of the idealism, integrity and sense of responsibility that lay at the heart of the creative movements in the 60’s.”
– Patricia Nicholson Parker
V21 Celebrating Henry Grimes
June 7 – 12, 2016
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Sq. South, NYC
TICKETS: $40 per day; $25 stu/sen; Full Pass $200; VIP $300
EXTRA: Panels June 10 & 12 – FreeJazz vs. Fascism
Check Out our new Market / Guest Chefs each night
Purchase Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2522893
::::: OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT, TUESDAY, JUNE 7 @ JUDSON ::::
*CELEBRATING HENRY GRIMES*
V21 Celebrating Henry Grimes
June 7 – 12, 2016
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Sq. South, NYC
TICKETS: $40 per day; $25 stu/sen; Full Pass $200; VIP $300
EXTRA: Panels June 10 & 12 – FreeJazz vs. Fascism
Check Out our new Market / Guest Chefs each night
Purchase Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2522893
****OPENING NIGHT****
Tuesday June 7 AT JUDSON CHURCH 55 Wash Sq. NYC
6:30 Opening Invocation
Hamid Drake, Whit Dickey, Patricia Nicholson
Projections: A photographic retrospective of Henry Grimes…
Celebrating Henry Grimes Lifetime of Achievement
7 Henry Grimes Quartet
Geri Allen – piano / Andrew Cyrille – drums
Henry Grimes – acoustic bass and violin / Graham Haynes – cornet
8:30 Songs by Lisa Sokolov to poems by Henry Grimes
Voices: Karma Mayet Johnson, Lisa Sokolov, Dwight Trible,
Imani Uzuri, Mixashawn, Henry Grimes – acoustic bass, violin
9:45 Henry Grimes Septet
Nicole Mitchell – flute / Tomeka Reid – cello / Melanie Dyer – viola
Mixashawn Rozie – sax / Henry Grimes – bass, violin
Marc Ribot – guitar / Chad Taylor – dr
Wednesday June 8 Visual Art Projection: Lois Eby
7 Jen Shyu Song of Silver Geese
Jade Tongue: Mat Maneri – viola / Chris Dingman – vibraphone
Thomas Morgan – bass / Anna Webber – flute, alto flute / Dan Weiss – drums
Jen Shyu – composition, vocals, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, piano +
Satoshi Haga – dance, choreography +
Mivos Quartet: Olivia De Prato – 1st violin / Erica Dicker – 2nd violin
Victor Lowrie – viola / Mariel Roberts – cello +
8 Poet Quincy Troupe
8:30 Connie Crothers Trio Connie Crothers – piano / Michael Bisio – bass / Warren Smith – drums
9:40 Sun Ra Arkestra 60th Anniversary Under the direction of Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen – Director, alto, flute
Danny Ray Thompson – bari, flute / James Stewart – tenor, flute
Cecil Brooks – trumpet / Dave Davis – trombone / Vincent Chancey – french horn
Tyler Mitchell – bass / Dave Hotep – el. guitar / Calvin Edwin Newborn – guitar
George Burton – piano / Wayne Anthony Smith – drums
Elson Nascimento – surdo, percussion / Atakatune – congas
Tara Middleton – vocals
Thursday June 9 Visual Art Projection: Jonas Hidalgo
7 Douglas Dunn + Dancers & Bill Cole’s UnTempered Trio perform ‘Revisions’
Music: Bill Cole – double reeds, didgeridoo
Ras Moshe – reeds / Lisette Santiago – percussion
Dancers: Douglas Dunn, Jules Bakshi
Emily Pope, Paul Singh, Jin Ju Song-Begin
8 Jemeel Moondoc Cosmic Nickelodeon
Jemeel Moondoc – alto sax / Matthew Shipp – piano
Nathan Breedlove – trumpet / Hilliard Greene – bass
Newman Taylor Baker – drums
9 Poet Tonya Foster
9:30 Steve Swell Quintet: Kende Dreams
Steve Swell – trombone, compositions / Rob Brown – sax
Connie Crothers – piano / Larry Roland – bass / Chad Taylor – drums
10:30 Garland of Blessing
Hamid Drake – drums / Kidd Jordan – sax
Cooper-Moore – piano / Michael Bisio – bass
Friday June 10 Visual Art Projection Marcy Rosenblat
5 PANEL The Creative Option : FreeJazz vs Fascism Part 1
7 William Hooker TRIANGLE: Symbol of Perfection
Chris DiMeglio – trumpet / Adam Lane – bass / Mark Hennen – piano
William Hooker – drums / Goussy Celestin – dance
Film “Approaching The Garden” – Ed Kasperak
8 Fay Victor SoundNoise Quartet:
Fay Victor – voice, text / Sam Newsome – soprano sax
Melvin Gibbs – bass guitar / Reggie Nicholson – drums, perc
9 For Billy Bang
Poet: Bob Holman, Todd Nicholson bass
9:30 Cooper-Moore Quartet
Alan Michael – alto sax / Brian Price – woodwinds
Michael Wimberly – percussion / Cooper-Moore – multi-instruments
10:30 Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba
Alex Norris – trumpet / Chris Washburne – trombone, bass trombone
Roman Filiu – alto and soprano sax / Stacy Dillard – tenor sax
Michele Rosewoman – piano, vocals
Yunior Terry – bass / Robby Ameen – drums
Roman Diaz, Mauricio Herrera, Rafael Monteagudo – bata, congas
Lead Vocals: Amma Mcken
Saturday June 11
2-4pm YOUTH @ VISION
Visual Art Projection: Charlotte Ka
7 A Moving Line
Wadada Leo Smith / Miriam Parker / Jo Wood Brown
7:30 Hamiet Bluiett Quartet
Hamiet Bluiett – reeds / DD Jackson – piano
Bob Stewart – tuba / Hamid Drake – drums
8:30 Poet David Mills
9 Wadada Leo Smith Viola Quartet performs ‘PACIFICA’
Stephanie Griffin, Jason Hwang, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Gwen Lester – viola
Hardedge – electronics / Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
10:15 Paradox of Freedom
Dave Burrell – piano / Hamid Drake – drums
Sunday June 12 Visual Art Projection: Bill Mazza
4 PANEL The Creative Option : FreeJazz vs Fascism Part 2
6 Breath thru Stone
Patricia Nicholson – dance poetry, comp.
David Mills – poetry
Yoshiko Chuma, Djassi DaCosta Johnson – dance
Jason Kao Hwang – violin / Michael TA Thompson – drums
7 Mike Reed’s Flesh & Bone
Ben Lamar Gay – cornet / Greg Ward – alto sax / Tim Haldeman – tenor
Jason Stein – bass clarinet / Kevin Coval & Marvin Tate – spoken text
Jason Roebke – bass / Mike Reed – drums, compositions
8 James Brandon Lewis Trio
James Brandon Lewis – sax / Luke Stewart – bass
Warren Trae Crudup III drums
9 Three Sopranos & Percussion
Soprano Saxophones: Dave Liebman, Sam Newsome, Jeff Coffin
Percussion: Tatsuya Nakatani
10 Kidd Jordan Ensemble
Kidd Jordan – sax / Joel Futterman – piano
Harrison Bankhead – bass / Alvin Fielder – drums
With guest Marlon Jordan – trumpet
