ON THEIR SHOULDERS …
CELEBRATING
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF VISION
JULY 5 - 12, 2015
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JULY 5–6, 2015: SPECIAL EVENTS
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Sunday, July 5
Vision Films: Anthology Film Archives
7:00pm: Billy Bang, Lucky Man (by Markus Hansen & Jean-Marie Boulet)
9:15pm: William Parker & Hamid Drake: A Plug-In To Nature (by Michael Lucio Sternbach)
Visions: 1997 (by Susan Littenberg) documentary about the 2nd Festival |
Monday, July 6
Improvising Agency For Change: Celebrating 20 Years of Vision
Co-Sponsored by Columbia Center for Jazz Studies
& Office of the Dean of Social Science & Arts for Art, Inc.
Keynote Speaker: Nathaniel Mackey |
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OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCES: July 7
Arts for Art Celebrates The Chicago AACM - Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
Projections: Jorgo Schäfer Perpetuate Paintings In collaboration with Wasiliki Noulesa, Uwe Schorn
[Sponsored by Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal]
7:00 Invocation by Joseph Jarman
7:30 Douglas R. Ewart and Quasar w/ special guest Joseph Jarman “For Love of Baraka”
Joseph Jarman - soprano, poetry / Oliver Lake - sax / Douglas R. Ewart - reeds, voice, perc / Ni’Ja Whitson, DANCE
Mankwe Ndosi - voice, poetry / J.D. Parran - reeds, perc
Craig Harris - trb / Edward Wilkerson - cl, perc
Donald Smith - piano / Reggie Nicholson - marimba, tympani
8:30 Poet: Nathaniel Mackey
9:30 Henry Grimes / Amina Claudine Myers
Henry Grimes - bass, violin / Amina Claudine Myers - piano, voice
10:30 Roscoe Mitchell: Two Trios and Combined Quintet
(presented with support from Mary and Dennis Girard, New Music USA)
Trio One - Roscoe Mitchell: alto, soprano, sopranino
Hugh Ragin: trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
Tyshawn Sorey: drums, trombone, piano
Trio Two - Roscoe Mitchell / Craig Taborn: piano, electronics
Kikanju Baku: drums, percussion
Combined Quintet: Roscoe Mitchell / Hugh Ragin
Craig Taborn, Tyshawn Sorey, Kikanju Baku
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DAY II: July 8
"A Cosmic Celebration of Multiple Visions"
On-Stage Projections: video screenings and art of Katy Martin, Miriam Parker, and Jo Wood Brown
7:00 Dance / FreeJazz Communion
‘Coming into View’ by MoralesDance
DANCE: Amanda Cray / Elaine Gutierrez
MUSIC: Connie Crothers - piano
7:30 Robinson / Whitecage / Filiano / Grassi
Perry Robinson - clarinet / Mark Whitecage - reeds
Ken Filiano - bass / Lou Grassi - drums
8:30 Crispell & Hemingway
Marilyn Crispell - piano / Gerald Hemingway - drums
9:30 Poet / bass: Larry Roland
10:00 Whit Dickey Ensemble: Cosmic Breath
Rob Brown - sax
Daniel Levin - cello
Michael Bisio - bass
Whit Dickey - drums
11:00 SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen
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DAY III: July 9
"The Elder and Youthful Voices Speaking in Tongues"
On-Stage Projections: Art of Joe Overstreet
7:00 Dance /FreeJazz Communion ‘SONIC’
The Independents; curated by Lance Gries
Dance: Juliette Mapp, K.J. Holmes, Michelle Boule
David Hamilton Thomson, Lance Gries
Thomas Heberer - trumpet
7:30 Darius Jones Quartet featuring Emilie Lesbros
(presented with support from the French-American Jazz Exchange)
Darius Jones - sax
Sean Conly - bass
Craig Taborn - piano
Gerald Cleaver - drums / Emilie Lesbros - vocals
8:30 Poet: Tyehimba Jess
9:00 Milford Graves HeArt Quartet
Milford Graves - drums / Charles Gayle - sax
William Parker - bass / Hugh Glover - reeds
10:00 Dave Burrell Civil War Project
Dave Burrell - piano
Steve Swell - trombone
11:00 Joe McPhee’s FOUR FOR TAZZ
(a tribute to Roy Campbell)
Joe McPhee - brass, reeds
Charles Gayle - piano, bass
Charles Downs - drums
Warren Smith - vibes, marimba, percussion
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DAY IV: July 10
"What Began in the 60’s Will Not Be Constrained"
On-Stage Projections: Art of Bill Mazza
5:30 Parade in Washington Square Park
7:00 Dance / FreeJazz - Yoshiko Chuma ‘A Piano’
Yoshiko Chuma - dance / Matthew Shipp - piano
7:30 Karl Berger Improvisers Chamber Orchestra 'The Sertso Suite'
Featuring Poetry & vocals: Ingrid Sertso
Karl Berger, vibes, piano, conducting
Warren Smith - percussion / Steve Gorn - bansuri flute
Sylvain Leroux - african flutes / Bob Selcoe - trumpet
Yasuno Katsuki - euphonium / Lee Odom - clarinet /
Kenny Wessel - guitar / Sana Nagano, Ernesto Llorens - violin
Jason Kao Hwang - viola / Tomas Ulrich - cello
Ken Filiano, Hilliard Greene - bass
8:30 Poet: David Budbill / William Parker - bass
9:00 Jason Kao Hwang / Sing House
Jason Kao Hwang - composer, violin, viola
Andrew Drury - drums / Ken Filiano - bass / Chris Forbes - piano
Steve Swell - trombone
10:00 David Murray with Class Struggle Trio
David Murray - sax / Burniss Earl Travis - bass
Chris Beck - drums / Mingus Murray - director, guitar
11:00 William Parker Martin Luther King Project:
Part 6 'Fire Flower'
Kidd Jordan - tenor sax / Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax / James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax / Dave Burrell - piano
Cooper-Moore - keyboard / William Parker - bass
Voices: Fay Victor, Ellen Christi, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, Ana Isma Viel, Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez
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DAY V: July 11
FreeJazz is a Worldwide Phenomena
On-Stage Projections: Live Painting by Jeff Schlanger
Noon: Education Panel
1-3pm: Youth Bands: Quest P.S 182 Modern Band / Visionary Youth Orchestra
6:00 Dance /FreeJazz Communion: ‘Resurrection / Revolution’ by Patricia Nicholson
Dance: Jason Jordan, Patricia Nicholson
MUSIC: Jason Hwang - violin, TA Thompson – drums
6:30 Ingrid Laubrock Sextet
Ingrid Laubrock - soprano, tenor sax
Craig Taborn - piano / Sam Pluta - electronics
Miya Masaoka - koto / Dan Peck - tuba
Tyshawn Sorey - drums
7:30 Wadada Leo Smith / Aruan Ortiz Duo
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet / Aruan Ortiz - piano
8:30 Poet : Steve Dalachinsky
9:00 Tony Malaby TubaCello
Tony Malaby - tenor and soprano sax / Chris Hoffman - cello
Bob Stewart - tuba
John Hollenbeck - drums, percussion, piano
10:00 Leandre / Cleaver / Maneri
(presented with support from RogueArt, celebrating their 10th Anniversary)
Joelle Leandre - bass / Gerald Cleaver - drums
Mat Maneri - violin |
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FINALE: July 12
"May All Visions Unite"
On-Stage Projections: Screening of "Viable Option" by Esteban del Valle
3:00 PANEL: Empowering Freedom & Justice Today – a creative movement
Continuing Legacy of AMIRI BARAKA : Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, Paloma McGregor, Adam Horowitz, Patricia N Parker
Moderator Mike Burke
5:00 DANCE: URBAN BUSH WOMEN
'Hep Hep Sweet Sweet’
Dancers: Amanda Castro, Courtney J. Cook, Chanon Judson, Tendayi Kuumba, Stephanie Mas, Samantha Speis
Choreographer: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Music: Lafayette Harris
6:00 HEAR in NOW
Mazz Swift - violin / Tomeka Reid - cello
special guest
7:00 Matthew Shipp Trio
Matthew Shipp - piano
Newman Taylor-Baker - drums / Michael Bisio - bass
8:00 Poet: David Mills
8:30 Rob Brown Quartet
Rob Brown - alto sax / Steve Swell - trombone
Todd Nicholson - bass / Gerald Cleaver - drums
9:30 FINALE: Hamiet Bluiett Telepathic Orchestra
Kidd
Jordan tenor - sax / Charles Gayle - tenor sax /George Sams - trumpet /
Joe Daley - tuba / D.D. Jackson - piano / William Parker - bass / Warren
Smith - percussion / Mazz Swift, Jason Kao Hwang, Elektra Kurtis, Jean
Cook - violin / Judith Insell - viola
Tomeka Reid - cello / Riza Printup - harp
Charles ‘Bobo’ Shaw - drums
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