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Vision Festival: Days 5-6, June 9-10, 2011
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7Kidd Jordan Quintet, Matthew Shipp/Evan Parker, Paradoxical Frog, Planetary UnknownVision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York CityJune 9-10, 2011 Kidd Jordan Quintet New Orleans saxophonist Edward Kidd Jordan, who was the ...
Vision Festival: Day 1, June 5, 2011
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7 Vision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York, NYJune 5-11, 2011 Now in its 16th year, the annual Vision Festival in NYC's Lower East Side remains the premier showcase for the city's avant jazz talent. While for residents, ...
Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble - Black Man's Blues/New York Collage (NoBusiness, 2011)
Violinist Billy Bang had been through a lot by the time he was ready to record his first LP as a leader, included as part of this extraordinary two-disc collection of his early work. Bang had survived a harrowing tour of duty in Vietnam, an influx of competing musicians from the Midwest, and the economic hardships ...
Vision Festival 16 Billy Bang Memorial and Then Some
Vision Festival 16 concludes as it began with a tribute to one of its own now gone. In this case it would be Billy Bang. Along the way are many other memorable moments waiting in the wings. Abrons Arts Center In the Main Stage 6:00PM to 7:00PM Reut Regev R*Time Special Edition Reut Regev (trombone), Burton ...
Lineage and Vision Festival 16: June 5-11
So much of our experience is increasingly place-less as franchise smiles crafted by human resources consultants greet us daily no matter what the biome or weight of memory. The fast food smile and store floor uniform must ever be the same. Crowd counts displace quality practices with childlike aspirations toward some eternal Superbowl as the only ...
Wandering Visions: The 2011 Vision Festival
By Steve Dalachinsky “a paradise of flowers where peace might build her nest." —Percy Shelly For 16 years the Vision Festival has led a nomadic existence. Wandering from one venue to another, this brave band of Visionaries,which I am proud to be a part of, with the ever present, stalwart & persistent Patricia Nicholson Parker at ...
Szilard Mezei: Februari Fadontes
by John Sharpe
Serbian-born, Hungarian violist Szilard Mezei leads a quartet of his countrymen through a satisfying program of three multi-sectioned compositions on this limited edition LP. Mezei has become increasingly visible on the international scene, with a string of releases from ensembles of different sizes, and a guest appearance with the Fonda/Stevens Group. This new foursome features the ...
Billy Bang
Like many other jazz fans, I was saddened to hear of the passing of the great violinist and composer Billy Bang at the age of 63. Bang's story was a harrowing and inspiring one, after surviving traumatic experiences as a soldier during the Vietnam War, Bang returned to the States, and employed his violin in many ...
Billy Bang - R.I.P.
The great jazz violinist and composer Billy Bang, born William Vincent Walker on September 20, 1947, in Mobile, Alabama, died at his home in Harlem on April 11. The cause of death was complications due to lung cancer. Billy Bang moved with his family to Harlem, New York while still an infant. He studied violin in ...
Billy Bang (1947-2011): An Appreciation
By S. Victor Aaron The jazz world suffered a significant loss Monday with the passing of violinist Billy Bang. Reportedly afflicted with lung cancer, Bang, born William Vincent Walker, was 63 years old. Given his stage name from friends as a youth, a name taken from a cartoon character, Bang's life was anything but comical. He ...
