Vision Festival XII Schedule June 19-24, 2007 Angel Orensanz Foundation

Arts For Art, Inc.
Presents
Vision Festival XII
June 19-24, 2007
Angel Orensanz Foundation
172 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002

Tuesday June 19 - This night is Co-Sponsered by URGE Host Lewis Barnes

7:00 Opening Invocation

Patricia Nicholson / William Parker / Hamid Drake

7:30 William Parker - “Double Sunrise Over Neptune" - World Premiere Lewis Barnes trumpet / Rob Brown alto saxophone / Sabir Mateen reeds Dave Sewelson baritonesax / Bill Cole double reeds / Joe Morris guitar, banjo Jason Kao Hwang & Mazz Swift violin / Jessica Pavone viola / Shiau- Shu Yu cello Brahim Frigbane oud / Sangeeta Banerjee voice / William Parker & Shayna Dulberger bass Hamid Drake & Gerald Cleaver drums

8:30 Fieldwork

Steve Lehman saxophones, compositions / Vijay Iyer piano, compositions Tyshawn Sorey drums, compositions

9:30 Cooper-Moore's The Keyboard Project with Marlies Yearby Cooper-Moore keyboards / Darius Jones alto / Assif Tsahar tenor / Willie Applewhite trmb Nioka Workman cello / Chad Taylor drums / Marlies Yearby dance

10:30 Spiritual Unity featuring Marc Ribot (with special guest Henry Grimes)

Roy Campbell trumpet / Marc Ribot guitar Henry Grimes bass / Chad Taylor drums

Wednesday June 20 - Bill Dixon Lifetime Recognition Poet/Host Barry Wallenstein

7:00 Barry Wallenstein and Friends Barry Wallenstein, poetry / Daniel Carter reeds, tpt / Kali Z. Fasteau reeds

7:30 Bill Dixon with the Sound Vision Orchestra - World Premiere Bill Dixon trumpet, compositions Graham Haynes trumpet / Stephen Haynes trumpet / Taylor Ho Bynum cornet Dick Griffin trombone / Steve Swell trombone / Joe Daley tuba Andrew Raffo Dewar soprano saxophone / Michel Cote reeds / J.D. Parran reeds Will Connell, Jr. reeds / John Hagen reeds / Karen Borca bassoon / Glynis Lomon cello / Andrew Lafkas double bass Warren Smith vibraphone, percussion / Jackson Krall percussion

9:30 Co-Pilots: Henry Grimes / Marilyn Crispell / Rashied Ali Henry Grimes bass / Marilyn Crispell piano / Rashied Ali drums

10:30 Survival Unit III Joe McPhee reeds, flgelhorn / Fred Lonberg-Holm cello Michael Zerang drums

Thursday June 21 Poet/Host Alexandre Pierrepont

6:00 New York - Paris Poetry Tribes, New York hosted by Steve Cannon, Miguel Algarin, Steve Dalachinsky, Post Midnight, Ishle Park, Patricia Spears Jones The Weavers, Paris Mathias Gross, Alexandre Pierrepont, Laurence Pierrepont, + Mike Ladd reads translations

7:30 Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler David Young trumpet / Nicole Mitchell flute / David Boykin reeds Justin Dillard piano / Tomeka Reid cello / Josh Abrams bass Arveeayl Ra drums / Marcus Evans drums / Mankwe Ndosi vocals

8:30 Hardcell Tim Berne alto saxophone / Craig Taborn piano / Tom Rainey drums

9:30 Local Lingo Jason Kao Hwang violin, viola, compositions / Sang Won Park ajang, kayagum, voice

10:30 Jayne Cortez and The Firespitters Jayne Cortez poetry / Bern Nix guitar / Alex Harding bari sax Al MacDowell bass / Denardo Coleman drums / guest Bill Cole double reeds

Friday June 22 Poet/Host David Budbill

5:30 Panel Discussion Part I - Art in America: A Grassroots Struggle 7:00 50 Violins for Leroy Jenkins Memorial tribute led by Billy Bang, coordinated by Jason Kao Hwang

7:30 Matthew Shipp Solo Piano 8:30 Roy Campbell's Ahkenaten Suite - World Premiere Roy Campbell trumpet / Billy Bang violin / Bryan Carrott vibraharp Hilliard Greene bass / Zen Matsuura drums

9:30 Dance/Music/Art Installation “A State of Mind" by Patricia Nicholson Dance: Miriam Parker, Julia Wilkins, Gus Solomons, jr Music: Lewis Barnes, Rob Brown, William Parker, Hamid Drake Artists: Amir Bey, Jo Wood Brown, Katie Martin, Kazuko Miyamoto, Phyllis Bulkin-Lehrer, Lili White

10:15 Fred Anderson Trio Fred Anderson tenor saxophone / Harrison Bankhead bass Hamid Drake drums

11:15 Spindrift for Leroy Jenkins Myra Melford piano, melodica / Mark Taylor French horn Brandon Ross guitars / Shuni Tsou di-zi

Saturday Afternoon June 23

2:00 Michael Bisio Quartet Stephen Gauci winds / Avram Fefer winds Michael Bisio bass / Jay Rosen percussion

3:00 SYNERGY Sight and Sound Amir Bey costumes, set design / Saco Yasuma alto saxophone, compositions Ras Moshe reeds / Dave Ross guitar / Christopher Dean Sullivan bass / Lou Grassi drums

4:00 Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone Mary Halvorson guitar, vocals / Jessica Pavone viola, vocals

5:00 Corey Wilkes Quintet Corey Wilkes trumpet, flgelhorn, vocals / Kevin Nabors tenor saxophone Junuis Paul bass / Isaiah Spencer drums / Jumaane Taylor dance

Saturday Night June 23 Poet/Host David Budbill

7:30 Ganelin Trio Priority Vyacheslav Ganelin piano, synthesizer, percussion / Petras Vysniauskas soprano sax Klaus Kugel drums, percussion

8:30 Eddie Gale All-Star Band Eddie Gale trumpet / Prince Lasha reeds / Kidd Jordan tenor saxophone Valerie Mih piano / William Parker bass / Alvin Fielder drums / Patricia Nicholson dance

9:30 Rob Brown Quartet Rob Brown alto saxophone / Lewis Barnes trumpet Todd Nicholson bass / Guillermo E. Brown drums

10:30 Whit Dickey Trio Sabir Mateen reeds / Todd Nicholson bass / Whit Dickey drums

11:30 Amiri and Amina Baraka's Blue Ark Amiri Baraka poetry / Amini Baraka poetry, vocals Dwight West vocals / Rene McLean reeds / Adegoke Steve Colson piano Curtis Lundy bass / Pheeroan akLaff drums

Sunday June 23

3:30 Panel Discussion Part III - What Is “Serious" Music or Art? Poet/Host Alexandre Pierrepont

5:00 T.E.C.K. String 4tet Tomas Ulrich cello / Elliott Sharp acoustic guitars Carlos Zingaro violin / Ken Filiano double bass

6:00 Hamid Drake now Hamid Drake drums / Paolo Angeli prepared guitar Sabir Mateen reeds / Patricia Nicholson dance

7:00 Bourdellon / Buckner / Mitchell Thomas Buckner vocals / Jerome Bourdellon flute / Roscoe Mitchell reeds

8:00 Daniel Levin Quartet Daniel Levin cello / Nate Wooley trumpet / Joe Morris bass / Matt Moran vibraphone

9:00 Louis Moholo and Friends Kidd Jordan tenor saxophone / Dave Burrell piano William Parker bass / Louis Moholo drums