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Vision Festival 2017

By Frank Rubolino
July 6, 2017
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New York's Vision Festival of innovative music marked its 22nd anniversary last month with another stellar lineup boasting pioneers of the avant-garde playing alongside a premier cadre of younger musicians. Presented at the historic Judson Memorial Church in the heart of Greenwich Village by Arts for Art, the festival featured six nights of challenging music, much of it instantly composed. Each year, the festival honors a living legend with a Lifetime Achievement award. This year's recipient was Cooper-Moore, who was featured in three different groups with musicians associated with him over the years. The festival also promoted visual arts, interpretive dance, and poetry interspersed among over 20 musical sets. As always, Vision 22 was a fine showcase of the state of cutting edge art today and continued its tradition of celebrating new and startling musicianship.

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Hamid Drake at Vision 22

William Parker & Hamid Drake at Vision 22

William Parker At Vision 22

Cooper-Moore at Vision 22

Hamid Drake at Vision 22

William Parker at Vision 22

Rob Brown at Vision 22

Chad Taylor at Vision 22

Cooper-Moore at Vision 22

Assif Tsahar at Vision 22

Brian Price at Vision 22

Brian Price, Cooper-Moore, & Assif Tsahar at Vision 22

Gerald Cleaver at Vision 22

Brandon Seabrook at Vision 22

Trevor Dunn at Vision 22

Darius Jones & Pascal Niggenkemper at Vision 22

Cooper-Moore at Vision 22

Ken Filiano at Vision 22

Miya Masaoka at Vision 22

Robert Dick at Vision 22

Brandon Seabrook at Vision 22

Taylor Ho Bynum at Vision 22

Mary Halvorson & Tomas Fujiwara at Vision 22

Mary Halvorson at Vision 22

Tomas Fujiwara at Vision 22

Andrew Cyrille at Vision 22

Oliver Lake at Vision 22

Ayana Workman at Vision 22

Marc Cary at Vision 22

Reggie Workman at Vision 22

Sun Li at Vision 22

Steve Swell & Taylor Ho Bynum at Vision 22

Jason Kao Hwang at Vision 22

Joe Daley at Vision 22

Jason Kao Hwang at Vision 22

Joe McPhee at Vision 22

William Parker at Vision 22

Michael TA Thompson at Vision 22

Matthew Shipp at Vision 22

Mat Maneri at Vision 22

Darius Jones at Vision 22

Craig Taborn at Vision 22

Gerald Cleaver at Vision 22

William Parker at Vision 22

Nicole Mitchell at Vision 22

Tomeka Reid at Vision 22

Mike Reed at Vision 22

Fred Lonberg-Holm at Vision 22

Steve Swell at Vision 22

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