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2/22/2021

March On_Line Salons

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​Beginning in March, AFA will be charging a minimum donation to watch On_Line Salon live stream performances. You can find the full schedule for March performances below and on our On_Line Salon page. Also on our On_Line Salon page, find the link to register to watch through Eventbrite, where you will receive a private viewing link.

Each performance will be followed by Patricia Nicholson's ongoing discussions with the artists.
View the AFA On_Line Salon Webpage

Tuesday March 2, 8pm

jaimie branch - trumpet
Luke Stewart - bass
Mike Pride - drums
Theo Darst - video


Thursday March 4, 8pm

Ava Mendoza - guitar
Luke Stewart - bass
Ches Smith - drums
Keegan Monaghan - super-8 films


Tuesday March 9, 8pm

Ken Filiano - bass
Michaël Attias - alto saxophone
Michael TA Thompson - drums
William Mazza - video art

Thursday March 11, 8pm

Darius Jones - alto saxophone
Cooper-Moore - piano
Gerald Cleaver - drums
Shara Lunon - poetry

Tuesday March 16, 8pm

William Parker - bass
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
AnnMarie Sandy - mezzo-soprano
Eri Yamamoto - piano

Miriam Parker - film montage, movement

Thursday March 18, 8pm

Devin Brahja Waldman - alto saxophone
James Brandon Lewis - tenor saxophone
Gerald Cleaver - drums
Ala Dehghan - live painting

Thursday March 25, 8pm

Newman Taylor Baker - washboard
Matthew Shipp - piano
Stomu Takeishi - bass
Trashina Conner - dance

Tuesday March 30, 8pm

Matt Lavelle - trumpet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet
Larry Roland - bass, poetry
Ryan Sawyer - drums
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2/12/2021

Milford Graves 1941-2021

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Photo of Milford Graves on Seventh Ave in Harlem by Valerie Wilmer featured on the reprint cover of As Serious as Your Life.
Milford lived every moment of his life using all of his god-given abilities and instincts; searching and discovering his purpose in life. Then, living inside that purpose: music healing, singing a song inspired by the elders from Africa to South Carolina to Jamaica, Queens. A grandfather’s song. In this last period he didn’t stop exploring — he never gave up. Baba Milford Graves was something else; as anyone who met him could attest to. His creative spirit was unstoppable. An extraordinary human being who in his last period moved into visual art which was always there if you checked out the house and the colorful hieroglyphics on his drum set. We knew a little, but there so much we didn’t know about him that was just being revealed. - William Parker

Milford Graves  has left this world on February 12.  Yet we remember what Professor Graves, Drummer Graves, Healer Graves, Scientist Graves taught us, how he taught, and how he lived. He never stopped until his physical heart insisted on the afternoon of February 12th that it was done beating.  But he didn't leave us until he could go on no more. Every time he played the drums he played until it was done, until the healing music was done, for that day.  He lived his whole life in Jamaica, Queens. He met and married his high school sweetheart and raised 5 children.  He made his home into an art installation. He kept a garden, planting and harvesting healing herbs that he made into tinctures. As long as his heart was beating, he pursued science to heal. He was a trained and practiced acupuncturist.  He created his own form of martial arts that he taught to young people in his neighborhood, until they were no longer young.  He played the drums inspiring and healing those whose ears and hearts were open.

Milford Graves Paintings by musicWitness® Jeff Schlanger


Milford Graves will never leave our hearts. Milford Graves's music, art, science and movement was based on the understanding that the Heart must always be the center of the music. His Life example is of one who always is reaching to go further, to do more, to learn, to keep growing, to not be confined or constrained but to pursue knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.  He showed us that our healthy hearts not only have a regular beat, each one of our hearts has its own unique, multi-rhythmic dance.  In the end his - as does everyone's physical heart –  has stopped beating.  But the echoes of its rhythms, in his drumming and his science and his healing energy and ideas will be with us as long as our hearts are beating.

Milford Graves & Andrew Cyrille | AFA Vision Festival 24

Milford Graves and Andrew Cyrille recount stories on how they first met, and the two drummers continue a decades long collaboration with a duet at Cyrille’s Lifetime Achievement celebration at the Vision Festival..More

Milford Graves was the featured performer for the First Annual Vision Festival in 1996. He was a core Vision Artist who performed at almost every Vision Festival. On June 12, 2013 he received the LifeTime Achievement Award.  In 2018,  Jake Meginsky's “Milford Graves Full Mantis” biopic came out to rave reviews. His scientific work on stem cells with doctors in Italy continues to move forward.  His life work that brought together art, science and drumming is being showcased in art museums.

Celebrating Milford Graves' Lifetime of Achievement at Vision 18

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1/26/2021

February On_Line Salons

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Arts for Art’s On_Line Salon series features live streaming performances and conversations by artists in the Free Jazz community. Events take place twice per week on the Arts for Art website, YouTube, and Facebook. On_Line Salons are free to watch, but donations are encouraged to fund artist fees. ​

​February performances will introduce a visual art element to many of the performances. The full schedule and details for each performance is below.
Watch and Donate on On_Line Salon Page

February 2

Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Chris Lightcap - bass
Gerald Cleaver - drums
Jo Wood-Brown - paintings

I see similarly the practice of listening and looking. Sounds rise and fall like light, vibrate like color; proportions bear on duration, composition on structure. Improvisation cycles through our elements collecting and dispersing, changing focus and rhythm and ultimately sustaining the contemplative moment. Sometimes when I am listening to Rob play the saxophone, concrete images arise and sometimes emotions or feelings. 
- Jo Wood-Brown

February 4

JD Parran - contra-alto clarinet
Dave Ross - guitar
Warren Smith - drums
De’Joneiro Jones - paintings

My work examines history, color selection, and placement dealing with the social and economic perils of society along with daily lives and the reality of life in the United States and how the rest of the world views us. - De'Joneiro Jones

February 9

Chris Pitsiokos - alto saxophone
Luke Stewart - bass
Jason Nazary - drums
Keeghan Monaghan - video

Using ink, spray paint, sandpaper and a razor, these super 8 films function as a textural backdrop for the group's performance. They were made while listening to recordings of the trio with the intent of creating a moving drawing that is in constant flux with the sound. - Keegan Monaghan

February 11

Patricia Nicholson - text, movement
William Parker - bass
Gerald Cleaver - drums
Bill Mazza - video art


February 16

No Land - poetry, art
Joanna Mattrey - viola
Luke Stewart - bass

February 18

Sam Newsome - soprano sax
Hilliard Greene - bass
Reggie Nicholson - drums
Amir Bey - art

The visual and aural aspects of the artistic expression, collectively serve as vestibules to the most vulnerable areas of our humanity. They can expose the least compromised parts of our soul. My goal as a performer has always been to speak to the eyes as well as the ears. - Sam Newsome

February 23

Ingrid Laubrock - tenor, soprano sax
Tom Rainey - drums
​Brandon Lopez - bass

February 25

Michael TA Thompson - drums
Ken Filiano - bass
Cooper-Moore - piano
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12/18/2020

January 2021 On_Line Salons

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In May 2020, we introduced the On_Line Salon series to provide performance opportunities for our artists who lost all in-person gigs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, we've presented over 30 performances featuring 100 artists. Starting in January 2021, we will be presenting two livestream performances per week. See the schedule below, or go to our On_Line Salon webpage to watch and make donations. These streams are free, but donations are encouraged and go towards funding artist fees. 

All January performances will reflect on themes from R&B music.
View on the On_Line Salon Page to watch and donate

January 5

James Brandon Lewis - tenor saxophone
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Gerald Cleaver - drums

January 7
Fay Victor's Chamber Trio
Fay Victor - voice, compositions
Darius Jones - alto sax
Marika Hughes - cello

This special group feels connected to that school of music growing up in a time when R&B was as innovative as ever. We will perform a selection or two from the late-60’s-early seventies, representative of the period I know and love the best in R&B. - Fay Victor

January 12
Tony Malaby's Turnpike Trio
Tony Malaby - tenor, soprano sax
John Hébert - bass
Billy Mintz - drums

January 14
Mara Rosenbloom Affinity Trio
Mara Rosenbloom - piano
special guest LaFrae Sci - drums, electronics
Melanie Dyer - viola

Holy Water: Improvisations on Erykah Badu
also known as The Cypher Keeps Moving
also known as Analogue Meditations on a Digital World


January 19
Cooper-Moore Trio
Cooper-Moore - instruments
Matthew Mottel - keyboard
Francisco Mela

January 21
Dave Sewelson Fat Foot R&B Revue
Dave Sewelson - baritone sax
Dave Hofstra - bass
Mike Neer - lap steel guitar
Bernice "Boom Boom" Brooks - drums

The pure ineffable joy of R&B has lifted my spirit since my youth and that music continues to flow through the world as truth. Our band will share the joy and freedom that have been so freely shared with us in this special concert. - Dave Sewelson

January 26
Gerald Cleaver Quartet Plays the Music of Stevie Wonder and Burt Bacharach
Gerald Cleaver - drums
Darius Jones - alto sax
Brandon Seabrook - guitar
​Brandon Lopez - bass

January 28
The Soul of Freedom
Luke Stewart - bass
Jaimie Branch - trumpet
Devin Brahja Waldman - alto sax

Presenting renditions of sweet soul music in the style of New York R&B. Dedicated to the spirit of Cecil Taylor.
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12/9/2020

Pandemic Impact Artist Survey

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Artists, please help us collect information on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on working musicians. This information will help us apply for funding to support programs to present more performances. 
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11/16/2020

Bringing on the Hallelujah: A Kidd Jordan Biopic

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Bringing on the Hallelujah is a biopic film featuring interviews with Kidd Jordan, his family, students, and artists with whom he has collaborated over the years. The film includes live performance footage. On November 22 at 3pm, we will premiere an early cut of this ongoing film project on Edward “Kidd" Jordan, edited and filmed by Michael Lucio Sternbach, with additional archival footage. This video will be available to watch until November 24 at midnight.
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In conjunction with this special preview, AFA will host a public Zoom chat with Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Marshall Allen, and Joel Futterman on Sunday at 3:30pm.

Donations are highly encouraged. Funds raised will benefit the completion of the film.
Watch the Early Cut Until November 24 >>

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10/21/2020

Watch Vision Festival: Healing Soul On Demand

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Watch on demand video of all Vision Festival: Healing Soul performances! This is your opportunity to catch the performances you missed, or to relive your favorite moments from the original livestream. Watch anytime and anywhere. See the release schedule below to know when each video will become available. ​
Watch On Demand

​Premiering Thursday October 22
Wadada Leo Smith performs Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk

Premiering Friday October 23
The Healing Force
Afro-Algonquin Trio
Oliver Lake Organ Quartet

Premiering Saturday October 24
Lewis / Lopez / Marcelo / Waits
Fay Victor’s Mutations for Justice
Amina Claudine Myers Trio

Premiering Thursday October 29
Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Tyehimba Jess
Black Host

Premiering Friday October 30
David Murray Trio
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
William Parker’s In Order to Survive Quintet

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9/21/2020

Vision Festival: Healing Soul Press Release

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Arts for Art Presents Vision Festival: Healing Soul October 8 - 12 at La Plaza at the Clemente
Limited In-Person Tickets and Livestream
View the Festival Webpage

Press Release Below:
​
“In the dark of these times, art lights the way,” says Patricia Nicholson Parker, co-founder of Arts for Art (AFA).  Nicholson, William Parker and AFA team have reimagined the renowned Vision Festival as a limited-capacity outdoor event with a professionally filmed livestream.  Vision Festival:  Healing Soul will begin Thursday, October 8 at 7:00pm ET with a livestream solo performance by Wadada Leo Smith, followed by in-person / livestream events October 9 through October 12, all taking place outdoors at La Plaza at the Clemente in NYC (the parking lot on Norfolk Street, north of Delancey).  Artists include Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Amina Claudine Myers, William Parker, with the full schedule below.
 
The outdoor Vision Festival will be limited capacity, socially-distanced and in compliance with all CDC and New York City guidelines.  Daily outdoor tickets are $75, and virtual tickets are $15.  Both are available here.
 
Founded in 1996, AFA and Vision has held the belief that music and the arts can inspire and uplift people.  It has been rooted in a commitment to social justice and equity. This is evident in all of AFA’s festivals and events where the focus is on the work of groundbreaking African American artists. AFA has been organizing conferences and panel discussions that respond or foretell issues around social justice and equity.  In January 2017, AFA initiated the Artists for A Free World project. (https://www.artsforart.org/advocacy)   
 
Vision Festival will return in 2021.
 
VISION FESTIVAL:  HEALING SOUL
 
THURS, OCTOBER 8
VIRTUAL
7:00pm ET  Wadada Leo Smith - solo trumpet, solo piano
 
8:00pm  Panel discussion on protest and jazz with Amirtha Kidambi, JD Allen, Jean Carla Rodea, Arturo O'Farrill, William Parker, Lee Mixashawn Rozie
                       
FRI, OCTOBER 9
LIVE Outdoors in La Plaza at The Clemente, 114 Norfolk St, NYC
5:00pm ET The Healing Force
Patricia Nicholson – text, movement, voice
Voices: Ellen Christi, Jean Carla Rodea, Amirtha Kidambi, Andrea Wolper
Ava Mendoza - guitar / Val Jeanty - electronics, percussion
 
6:00pm Afro-Algonquin Trio 
Lee Mixashawn Rozie – voice, sax, mandolin / Rick Rozie – bass / Royal Hartigan – drums
 
7:00pm  Oliver Lake Organ Quartet
Oliver Lake - alto sax / Jared Gold - organ / Freddie Hendrix – trumpet /Chris Beck- drums
 
SAT, OCTOBER 10
LIVE Outdoors in La Plaza at The Clemente, 114 Norfolk St, NYC
 
1:00pm ET Children’s Music is Mine Workshop (free) CANCELLED

4:00pm Lewis / Lopez / Marcelo / Waits
James Brandon Lewis – sax / Brandon Lopez – bass / 
Alexis Marcelo – keyboards / Nasheet Waits - drums
 
5:00pm Fay Victor's Mutations for Justice
 Fay Victor - voice, composition / Mazz Swift – violin / Chris Williams - trumpet
 Luke Stewart – bass / Jason Nazary - drums
 
6:00pm Amina Claudine Myers Trio
Amina Claudine Myers – Keyboards / Jerome Harris – bass, voice / Reggie Nicholson
                       
SUN, OCTOBER 11
LIVE Outdoors in La Plaza at The Clemente, 114 Norfolk St, NYC
 
1:00pm ET  Children's Music is Mine Workshop (free) CANCELLED
                       
4:00pm Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Bill Frisell -guitar / David Virelles – piano /  Ben Street – bass / Andrew Cyrille - drums
 
5:30pm POET Tyehimba Jess
 
6:00pm Gerald Cleaver's Black Host
Gerald Cleaver - drums / Darius Jones - alto sax / Brandon Seabrook - guitar / Cooper-Moore - piano / Brandon Lopez - bass    
                       
MON, OCTOBER 12
LIVE Outdoors in La Plaza at The Clemente, 114 Norfolk St, NYC
 
4:00pm ET David Murray Trio
David Murray - tenor sax, bass clarinet / Luke Stewart – bass / Ronnie Burrage – drums
 
5:30pm POET Latasha Diggs
 
6:00pm William Parker’s In Order to Survive Quintet
Rob Brown – alto sax / James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax / Matthew Shipp – keyboards /
​Gerald Cleaver - drums

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9/2/2020

Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts

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Join the Artists for a Free World Outdoor Protest Concerts
 September 7, 12
@ The Clemente La Plaza, NYC
&
September 26 @ St. Mark's Churchyard
(All Socially-Distanced)

“In the dark of these times, art lights the way,” says Patricia Nicholson Parker, co-founder of Arts for Art.  She and William Parker have expanded AFA to include the activist arm Artists for a Free World (AFFW).  Its purpose is to take a stand for racial and economic justice to create a world where peace is possible. 
 
Artists for a Free World is announcing the September Music and Poetry Protest Performances, an outdoor event series that will take place in downtown New York City at the Clemente, La Plaza (the parking lot on Norfolk Street north of Delancey). The events will be socially-distanced and in compliance with all CDC and New York City guidelines.  Admission is free and donations are appreciated.   Additional information can be found here. 
 

Artists for a Free World Outdoor Protest Concerts
Outdoor at The Clemente La Plaza (Norfolk St. between Delancey and Rivington)
107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002 

Mon, September 7
3:00pm: Bisio / Lewis / Knuffke / Holmes
James Brandon Lewis, sax / Michael Bisio, bass / Patrick Holmes, clarinet

/ Kirk Knuffke, trumpet 
4:00pm: Thomas Sayers Ellis / Steve Swell
Thomas Sayers Ellis, poet / Steve Swell, trombone  

4:30pm: William Parker’s Celestial Lighthouse performs Urban Revolution  
William Parker, composition, bass / Rob Brown, alto sax / Darius Jones, alto sax / Isaiah Barr, tenor sax / 
Steve Swell, trombone / Francisco Mela, drums 
 
Saturday, September 12 
1:00pm: Music is Mine co-produced with The Clemente Outdoors in La Plaza 
Free workshop for young musicians age 5-10 
3:00pm: Dickey / Swell
Whit Dickey, drums / Steve Swell, trombone

4:00pm: Larry Roland Trio
JD Parran - reeds / Larry Roland - bass, poetry / Jackson Krall - drums 

5:00pm: Sam Newsome Trio 
Sam Newsome, soprano sax / Hilliard Greene, bass / Reggie Nicholson, drums
 
Saturday, September 26 
Outdoor Event at St. Mark’s Churchyard (131 E. 10th St.)
Co-produced with the Poetry Project 
1:30pm  Poetry Reading
Sheila Maldonado - poetry

1:45pm Tomato & Peach  
Sana Nagano - violin / Leonor Falcon - violin

2:30pm Poetry Reading
Jesus Papoleto Melendez - poetry

2:45pm  Melanie Dyer Trio
Melanie Dyer - viola / Gwen Laster - violin / Ken Filano - bass

3:30pm Poetry Reading  
Patricia Spears Jones - poetry

3:45pm Jason Kao Hwang's Human Rites Trio
Andrew Drury, drums / Ken Filiano,  bass/ Jason Kao Hwang, composer/violin/viola
4:30pm Jason Hwang / Melanie Dyer / Ken Filiano / Andrew Drury

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8/10/2020

August Programs Press Release

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Arts for Art Presents 
FreeJazz Works in a Time of Crisis 


On_Line Salons
 Thursdays in August @ 8:00PM ET 
Performances with Interviews Discussing Art, Life & Politics

August 13: Matt Lavelle / Daniel Carter / Warren Smith / Mara Rosenbloom
August 20: Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Bobby Kapp
August 27: We Free Strings: Melanie Dyer / Gwen Laster / Charles Burnham / Ken Filiano

New York City based collective Arts for Art (AFA) is proud to present FreeJazz Works in a Time of
Crisis
, a weekly livestream series that celebrates and acknowledges the music and art that emerged
from the Civil Rights movement by African American artists as part of the great tradition of aesthetic and social liberation.   Every Thursday in August (and beyond), Arts for Art will stream performances from legendary FreeJazz musicians with socially relevant conversations on Zoom and its YouTube channel.
 
All of the events are free with an optional donation, and all performers are paid.  Register for free
at https://www.artsforart.org/onlinesalon.
 
“Arts for Art brings the power of FreeJazz to lead and inspire in the face of attacks on truth, freedom,
democracy and on justice for all people, especially people of color,” says co-founder and curator, Patricia Nicholson.  
 
Arts for Art is also presenting the weekly Artist Diaries series, featuring multimedia videos by AFA
artists that reflect their artistic practice in isolation. Watch the diary of William Parker &  Patricia
Nicholson on Facebook / YouTube. 
 
Upcoming Artist Diaries:
August 11 Jaimie Branch
August 18 Zak Sherzad

The Screening Vision series on YouTube features content from Arts for Art’s extensive 25-year
archives.  Here’s one from the vaults: Amiri Baraka’s “Something in the Way of Things (in Town)” from
Vision 4 in NYC, 1999.  
 
New from the Archives: 
Out now:  Hamid Drake Solo Drum, Under_Line Salon, 2015
Out now:  Song of Silver Geese, Vision Festival 21, 2016
August 16:  Andrew Cyrille & Stefan Roloff, Vision Festival 24, 2019 
 
About Arts for Art 
Founded in 1996, AFA’s work is rooted in a commitment to social justice as equity and the promotion and advancement of FreeJazz, an African American indigenous art form in which improvisation is principle. FreeJazz embodies music, dance, poetry and visual arts. It is recognized for its variety of highly developed and personalized improvisational languages. AFA works not only to preserve the legacy of FreeJazz as an African American multicultural art form, but to ensure a vital future through its re-imagination by new generations of artists. AFA offers multi-arts programs throughout the year that fulfill the role of arts in society, that is, to reflect and respond to the world. Our programming brings together multiple generations of vibrant, diverse and highly skilled artists, including the Artists for A Free World project that includes a band directed by William Parker.  AFA cultivates new audiences to protect this unique aesthetic so as to remain contemporary and available. To further our goals of diversity and accessibility, we foster education through our youth programs.
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