Arts for Art in the NewsRECENT GENERAL PRESS
June 2022 The New York City Jazz Record Artist Feature with Jason Kao Hwang & Many AFA Artist Reviews Artist Feature with Jason Kao Hwang The New York City Jazz Record, John Sharpe March 21, 2022 JazzTimes April 2022 Cover featuring Artist of the Year, William Parker William Parker Keeps Refining His Approach to the Bass—and Music JazzTimes, Melvin Gibbs SHOWN ABOVE: March 20, 2022 Where Jazz Lives Now The New York Times, Giovanni Russonello March 18, 2022 5 Things to Do This Weekend (mentioning 10,000 Tones for Peace, a Benefit for Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine) The New York Times, Giovanni Russonello March 17, 2022 More Than 50 Jazz Artists Team for Ukraine Benefit Concert in NYC JazzTimes PAST GENERAL PRESS
The Year Live Music Stopped Pitchfork, Marc Hogan The Rock & Roll Globe Presents The Real Deal 30 Rock & Roll Globe, Jason Gross H0L0 Place of Assembly Podcast Interview with Patricia Nicholson and William Parker Locked Down, Seeking Freedom Chamber Music America, Larry Blumenfeld Jazz Is Built for Protests The New York Times, Alan Scherstuhl Vision Festival 26 NewsOctober 2022
On Location: Vision Festival The Wire Magazine UK September 2022 VISION FESTIVAL: UNA LUCE ACCESA E UNA CHE PURTROPPO SI È SPENTA Musica Jazz Italy August 1, 2022 Festival Report: Vision Fest The New York City Jazz Record July 28, 2022 Vision Festival 2022, In Pictures All About Jazz July 24, 2022 Vision, Un Phare Dans La Nuit Citizen Jazz July 7, 2022 Jazzmobile, Vision Fest, Tolliver at JFA Amsterdam News July 7, 2022 "A Light in Darkness" at the 2022 Vision Festival JazzTimes June 30, 2022 Vision Festival 2022 - Celebrating Oliver Lake, NYC, Jun 26 JazzTrail June 23, 2022 Wadada Leo Smith at Vision Festival, NYC London Jazz News June 10, 2022 Vision Fest Brings Jazz Joy to Bad Times The Village Voice June 6, 2022 Oliver Lake: Making Justice and Love a Reality PostGenre May 18, 2022 Roy Hargrove, Shabaka, Nate Najar & More: The Week in Jazz - Arts for Art Presents Vision Festival Art Show JAZZIZ Magazine April 12, 2022 Ray Charles, Anna Gréta, Chick Corea & More: The Week in Jazz- Arts for Art Announces 2022 Vision Festival Lineup JAZZIZ Magazine April 8, 2022 2022 International Jazz Festival Guide DownBeat Magazine April 4, 2022 Full Vision Festival 26 Schedule Avant Music News March 24, 2022 2022 Vision Festival Lineup Announced JazzTimes March 1, 2022 LA Phil Presents World Premiere by Wadada Leo Smith, March 8 (mentions Vision Festival, Day 1 Wadada Lifetime Achievment Award Celebration) Broadway World LA Vision Festival 25 NewsListen: Amina Claudine Myers Live
The Wire https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-amina-claudine-myers-live-recordings Vision Festival 25 New Yorker, Steve Futterman https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/vision-festival-25 The 25th Vision Festival Honors Amina Claudine Myers WBGO, Nate Chinen https://www.wbgo.org/music/2021-07-23/the-25th-vision-festival-honors-amina-claudine-myers-and-celebrates-many-others Interview with Patricia Nicholson and William Parker WNYC, All Of It with Alison Stewart https://www.wnyc.org/story/vision-festival/ Vision 25 Preview New York Amsterdam News, Ron Scott https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/07/22/vision-25-sun-ra-summerstage/ Bringing Back the Festivals! Downbeat https://downbeat.com/news/detail/bringing-back-the-festivals Interview with Amina Claudine Myers BBC3, Freeness https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xzs3 Vision Festival Preview Brooklyn Vegan https://www.brooklynvegan.com/vision-festival-2021-lineup-schedule-john-zorn-jaimie-branch-william-parker-more/ Vision Festival Returns to Brooklyn Bklyner, Piotr Orlov https://bklyner.com/vision-festival-brooklyn-live-music-picks-7-16-22/ Vision 25 Review JazzTimes, Shaun Brady https://jazztimes.com/reviews/live/vision-festival-25-in-new-york-city/ Vision 25 Review Brooklyn Rail, Scott Gutterman https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/music/Sound-and-Vision Vision 24 CoverageRolling Stone (Hank Shteamer) - Festival Review
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/andrew-cyrille-vision-festival-lifetime-achievement-847201/ Brooklyn Vegan (Greg Cristman) - Photos http://www.brooklynvegan.com/andrew-cyrille-played-the-2019-vision-festival-kickoff-pics-video/ New York Times (Giovannia Russonello) - Festival Listing https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/arts/music/nyc-this-weekend-pop-rock-jazz.html WBGO (Nate Chinen) - Festival Preview https://www.wbgo.org/post/andrew-cyrille-lifetime-achievement-honoree-vision-fest-isnt-resting-his-laurels#stream/0 New Yorker (Steve Futterman) - Festival Listing https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/vision-festival-9 What Should We Do (John Seroff) - Festival Listing https://www.whatshouldwedo.com/blog/june-events-nyc-2019/ JazzTimes - Festival Listing https://jazztimes.com/blog/vision-festival-coming-to-brooklyn-june-11-16/ JazzTimes (Marek Lazarski) - Photos https://jazztimes.com/features/galleries/24th-vision-festival-brooklyn/ JazzTimes (Brad Cohan) - Festival Review https://jazztimes.com/reviews/live/live-review-andrew-cyrille-night-at-the-vision-festival/ JazzTrail (Filipe Freitas) - Night 1 Festival Review https://jazztrail.net/festivals-1#/vision-festival-2019-andrew-cyrille-lifetime-achievement-nyc-jun-11/ JazzTrail (Filipe Freitas) - Night 4 Festival Review https://jazztrail.net/festivals-1#/vision-festival-2019-roulette-brooklyn-jun-14/ New York City Jazz Record (Tom Greenland) - Night 1 Festival Review http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201907.pdf New York City Jazz Record (John Sharpe) - Festival Review http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201907.pdf All About Jazz (Frank Rubolino) - Festival Review / Photos https://www.allaboutjazz.com/new-yorks-24th-annual-vision-festival-by-frank-rubolino.php Black Star News (Tobin Rogers) - Night 1 Festival Review http://www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/entertainment/high-priests-of-free-jazz-gather-at-vision-24-for-2019 Free Jazz Blog (Martin Schray) - Festival Review https://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/06/vision-festival-24-2019-day-1.html https://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/06/vision-festival-24-2019-day-2.html https://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/06/vision-festival-24-2019-day-3.html http://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/06/vision-festival-24-2019-day-4.html http://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/06/vision-festival-24-2019-day-5.html http://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/06/vision-festival-24-2019-day-6.html VISION 23 Coverage
New York Times (Giovanni Russonello) - Feature / Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/arts/music/dave-burrell-archie-shepp-vision-festival.html National Sawdust Log (Steve Smith) - Best of 2018 Feature nationalsawdust.org/thelog/2018/12/28/best-of-2018-10-memorable-musical-events/?fbclid=IwAR1Qsdzv1NJn6mkQpfAPfXUkRQXnG4Z-_11_y_conQ-432QKX5wguS92bks JazzTimes (Mac Randall) - Festival Review https://jazztimes.com/reviews/concerts/dave-burrell-night-in-brooklyn/ Festival Photos - jazztimes.com/columns/photos/photos-vision-fest-23-in-brooklyn/ Jazziz (Brian Zimmerman) - Festival Review https://www.jazziz.com/vision-festival-dispatches-from-the-avant-garde/ All About Jazz (John Sharpe) - Festival Review https://www.allaboutjazz.com/vision-festival-2018-william-parker-by-john-sharpe.php Jazz Trail (Filipe Freitas) - Festival Review Night 2 - jazztrail.net/vision-festival-2018-day2-may-24/ Night 4 - jazztrail.net/vision-festival-2018-day-4-may-26/ Free Jazz Blog (Paul Aquaro, Martin Schray) - Festival Review Night 1 - http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/05/vision-festival-23-2018-day-1.html Night 2 - www.freejazzblog.org/2018/05/vision-festival-23-2018-day-2.html Night 3 - www.freejazzblog.org/2018/05/vision-festival-23-2018-day-3.html Night 4 - http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/05/vision-festival-23-2018-day-4.html Night 5 - http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/05/vision-festival-23-2018-day-5_29.html Night 6 - www.freejazzblog.org/2018/05/vision-festival-23-2018-day-6.html Downbeat (Ken Micallef) - Festival Review http://downbeat.com/news/detail/vision-festival-offers-bracing-sounds-space-for-creativity Magnet Magazine (Mitch Myers) - Festival Review http://magnetmagazine.com/2018/05/24/live-review-vision-festival-23-fire-music-crowded-theater/ Tour Worthy (John Swenson) - Festival Review tourworthy.com/blog/?bID=10063&bType=2 New York Times (Seth Colter Walls) - SPACE Review www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/arts/music/classical-music-soundcloud-youtube.html Amsterdam News (Ron Scott) - Festival Review/Preview amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/may/24/jazz-notes-vision-fest-mickey-bass-childrens-jazz-/ Wortshaker.DE (Adam Olschewski) - Feature wortshaker.de/2018/06/02/FLY-OR-DIE/#MORE-1454 Jazziz (Brian Zimmerman) - Artist Interviews Ambrose Akinmusire - https://www.jazziz.com/qa-with-ambrose-akinmusire-geographies-of-influence/ Mary Halvorson's Code Girl - www.jazziz.com/code-girl-thumbscrew-and-the-empathy-of-listening/ Burning Ambulance (Phil Freeman) - Dave Burrell Interview Podcast https://burningambulance.com/2018/04/27/ba-podcast-15-dave-burrell/ William Parker & Patricia Nicholson Podcast burningambulance.com/2018/05/25/ba-podcast-17-william-parker-patricia-nicholson/ |
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5049 Records (Jeremiah Cymerman) - Dave Burrell Interview Podcast http://www.5049records.com/podcast/dave-burrell WBGO The CheckOut (Simon Rentner) - Dave Burrell Interview Podcast http://wbgo.org/post/celebrating-pianist-and-composer-dave-burrell-vision-festival-and-checkout WBAI Suga In My Bowl (Joyce Jones) - Dave Burrell Interview Podcast https://sugainmybowl.org/show-archives/#Dave_Burrell WBAI Suga In My Bowl (Hank Williams) - Vision Festival Preview https://blog.sugainmybowl.org/2018/05/22/vision-festival-23-preview-suga-in-my-bowls-cheat-sheet/ WBGO (Nate Chinen) - Festival Announcement http://wbgo.org/post/2018-vision-festival-will-honor-pianist-dave-burrell-and-feature-prime-younger-talent Time Out New York (Brad Cohan) - Festival Preview https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/vision-festival-2018-8-acts-not-to-miss-at-the-annual-jazz-showcase-052218 The New Yorker - Festival Preview https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/vision-festival-8 The New York Times (Giovanni Russonello) - Festival Preview New York Times Pop, Rock, and Jazz Listings New York Jazz Record (John Sharpe) - Dave Burrell Interview www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201805.pdf New York City Jazz Record (Clifford Allen) - Vision Festival Review www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201807.pdf VISION 22 Media Coverage Stereogum (Phil Freeman) - Festival Review www.stereogum.com/1948454/ugly-beauty-the-month-in-jazz-june-2017/franchises/ugly-beauty/ Downbeat (Chris Tart) - Festival Review http://downbeat.com/news/detail/vision-festival-promotes-message-of-freedom-through-creative-music (Ken Micallef) - Festival Review http://downbeat.com/news/detail/vision-festival-resonates-with-tones-of-peace-and-grace WBGO (Simon Rentner) - The Checkout: The Irrepressible Ingenuity of Cooper-Moore wbgo.org/post/checkout-irrepressible-ingenuity-cooper-moore WNYC - Soundcheck Gig Alert www.wnyc.org/story/gig-alert-odean-pope-saxophone-choir-judson-memorial-church-thurs-61 Village Voice (Michael Agovino) - Festival Preview www.villagevoice.com/2017/05/24/william-parkers-all-inclusive-vision/ JazzTimes (Sean Dennis) - Exclusive Lineup Announcement https://jazztimes.com/news/vision-22-free-jazz-festival-lineup-announced New York Times (Giovanni Russonello) - Festival Listing https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/arts/music/pop-rock-and-jazz-in-nyc-this-week.html 5049 Records (audio) - Interview: Cooper-Moore http://www.5049records.com/podcast/cooper-moore The Free Jazz Blog - Interview: Cooper-Moore on Lifetime Achievement Award From Vision Festival & More http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/05/cooper-moore-lifetime-achievement-award.html?m=1 Day 1 Review www.freejazzblog.org/2017/05/vision-festival-2017-day-1-calling-all.html Day 2 Review www.freejazzblog.org/2017/05/vision-festival-2017-day-2-resistance.html Day 3 Review http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/06/vision-festival-day-3-blood.html Day 4 Review www.freejazzblog.org/2017/06/vision-festival-2017-day-4-dont-let.html Day 5 Review www.freejazzblog.org/2017/06/vision-festival-2017-day-5-letting.html Day 6 Review www.freejazzblog.org/2017/06/vision-festival-2017-day-6.html Hot House Jazz Magazine on Jessica Jones and her work co-directing the Visionary Youth Orchestra, part of AFA's free jazz education program and performing on May 31. http://hothousejazz.com/blog/Jessica-Jones Jazz Trail - interview with VF22 Lifetime Achievement Honoree Cooper-Moore nycjazztrail.net/interviews/2017/5/22/cooper-moore-vision-festival-22-nyc Night's 1 & 2 Reviews + Photos http://jazztrail.net/festivals-1#/vision-festival-22-day-1-2-nyc-may-29-30/ Night 4 Review + Photos http://jazztrail.net/festivals-1#/vision-festival-22-day-4-nyc-jun-1-2017/ El Intruso - Festival preview http://elintruso.com/2017/03/23/cronograma-del-vision-festival-22/ The Urban Music Scene (Terrill Hanna) - Festival Press Release http://concerts.theurbanmusicscene.com/2017/04/vision-festival-22-may-28-june-3-2017 AFA Artists in the NewsJune 13, 2022
Artist Feature: Isaiah Collier & Michael Shekwoaga READER, Hannah Edgar https://chicagoreader.com/music/isaiah-collier-michael-shekwoaga-ode-i-am-beyond/ June 2022 Artist Feature: Jason Kao Hwang The New York City Jazz Record, John Sharpe http://nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202206.pdf The Irreducible William Parker The New York Times, Alan Scherstuhl https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/arts/music/william-parker-tone-world.html William Parker And The Observance Of Beauty Downbeat, Dave Cantor https://downbeat.com/news/detail/william-parker-observance Surveying the Grand Musical Sprawl of Bassist and Composer William Parker, on Jazz United Downbeat, Greg Bryant and Nate Chinen https://www.wbgo.org/post/surveying-grand-musical-sprawl-bassist-and-composer-william-parker-jazz-united#stream/0 Tony Malaby: Turnpike Diaries All About Jazz, Dave Kaufman https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tony-malaby-turnpike-diaries-tony-malaby Peace & Justice Celebration 2021The Compelling Urgency of Now: Celebrating Peace, Justice and Improvised Music
All About Jazz, Dave Kaufman https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-compelling-urgency-of-now-celebrating-peace-justice-and-improvised-music Vijay Iyer & Zoh Amba Review The New York City Jazz Record, John Pietaro www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202111.pdf AFA On_Line SalonsFay Victor Chamber Trio On_Line Salon Review
The New York City Jazz Record, John Pietaro http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202102.pdf Matthew Shipp & Whit Dickey On_Line Salon Review New York City Jazz Record, John Pietaro http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202101.pdf The Staying Inside Guide: Jazz Up Close and Personal Wall Street Journal, Larry Blumenfeld https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-staying-inside-guide-jazz-live-from-your-living-room-11610406496 Vision Festival: Healing SoulVision Festival Healing Soul Review
Amsterdam News, Ron Scott http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/oct/22/living-jazz-vision-festival-healing-soul/ Vision Festival Healing Soul The New Yorker, Steve Futterman https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/vision-festival-healing-soul Stream a playlist compiled by the Vision Festival The Wire (UK) https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/stream-a-playlist-compiled-by-vision-festival Sounds of Justice at The Town HallSounds of Justice Review
The New York City Jazz Record, Russ Musto http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202004.pdf Celebrate Bob Dylan, Sun Ra, and the Mortal Who Connected Them Mother Jones Recharge, Jacob Rosenberg https://www.motherjones.com/recharge/2020/05/celebrate-bob-dylan-sun-ra-and-the-mortal-who-connected-them/ Photos: “Sounds of Justice” at Town Hall in New York JazzTimes, Alan Nahigian https://jazztimes.com/features/galleries/photos-sounds-of-justice-at-town-hall-in-new-york/nggallery/image/4-thomassayersellis-alannahigian/ Sun Ra Arkestra, William Parker Bring “Sounds of Justice” to NYC’s Town Hall | JazzTimes https://jazztimes.com/festivals-events/previews/sun-ra-arkestra-william-parker-bring-sounds-of-justice-to-nycs-town-hall/ 25 Years of Arts for ArtArts For Art Honors a Literary Figure, Marks Silver Anniversary
Downbeat, Herb Boyd https://downbeat.com/news/detail/arts-for-art-honors-literary-figure-marks-silver-anniversary Arts for Art at the KitchenDave Burrell at the Kitchen Review
The New York City Jazz Record, Andrey Henkin http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201904.pdf Vision Festival Visual Art CoverageArteidolia (Yuko Otomo) - Visual Vision
http://www.arteidolia.com/visual-vision/ Arteidolia (Katy Martin & Jo Wood Brown) - In Dialogue http://www.arteidolia.com/jo-wood-brown-and-katy-martin-art-jazz-as-dialogue/ Synoptique (Matthias Mushinski) Vision Festival at Tufts: Free Jazz / Social Justice https://synoptique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/8.1-Mushinski.pdf PULL QUOTES:
The Irreducible William Parker “More than almost anybody outside of the Village Vanguard and Smalls, Arts for Art has really kept the music going in the pandemic.” - The New York Times The Rock & Roll Globe Presents The Real Deal 30 "Now celebrating their quarter-century of existence, this wonderful New York City institution is responsible for the Vision Festival, which is arguably the foremost annual jazz gathering in Gotham." - Rock & Roll Globe "One thing is certain, no one combines the creative arts – dance, poetry, art, film and thought with the spirit of free Jazz better than Arts for Art, presenter of the dauntless Vision Festival." - Cadence "This year, New York’s iconic free-jazz festival — now in its 23rd annual iteration — is working even harder than usual to bridge generations and modes, all while keeping its central focus on radical improvisation and political engagement." - The New York Times Vision Festival Celebrates Jazz, Both Past and Future “All come more into focus at the Vision Festival, an essential summit of experimental jazz and related undercurrents in poetry, dance and visual art…the festival unfolds every year as both a marathon of forward-thinking music and a series of earnest observances -tributes to the elders, requiems for the departed.” --Nate Chinen 7/8/2015 NYTIMES .. Embrace Revolutionary Spirit at New York’s Vision Fest “The 1960s revolutionary spirit is alive and well at the 20-year-old Vision Festival. The Vision Festival audience is like no other in jazz. Attendees range from Bonnaroo regulars to buttoned-down jazz afficianados; they’re old and young, clean-cut and seriously hairy, and represent any ethnic group you can think of. Presented by the nonprofit Arts for Art, the Vision Festival is a bright spot in a city that regularly plays host to jazz royalty, showcasing musical kings and queens from far-off empires.” —Ken Micallef 7/16/2015 Downbeat Twenty Years On, The Vision Festival’s Enduring Vision "Here was the annual Vision Festival in full swing, asserting its spiritual heft, sounding echoes of deep legacies and a displaying its power as in-the-moment entertainment of an exalted sort…" -7/15/2015 Larry Blumenfeld BLUINARTINFO ...Celebrates with innovation and social change "participants come together in the tradition of great innovators from the past who have successfully used experimental art to make change, powerful protest..." --Tameca L. Coleman AXS Contributor 7/7/2015 “If you are looking for a jazz scene that scares the jazz police and causes those smooth jazz heads to run in the opposite direction, then the Vision Jazz Festival is the place...” --Ron Scott, 7/9/15 New York Amsterdam News “Few would have bet that it would be New York’s only continuously run jazz festival over the last 20 years, becoming the David to such Goliaths ..." --10/16/15 Tad Hendrickson, Jazz Times |