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        • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
        • Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts
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        • Patricia Nicholson Birthday Benefit
        • Steve Cannon Tribute
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        • AFA at H0L0 Xennial
        • OPEN DOORS / OPEN STUDIOS
        • Arts for Art at the Kitchen
        • Cecil Taylor Memorial
        • FreeJazz at Weeksville
        • Vision at Tufts
        • Sonny Simmons Tribute Concert
        • Tribute to Hamiet Bluiett
      • Vision Festival Archive
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      • Under_Line Salons >
        • Amina Claudine Myers Salon 1/07
        • Jemeel Moondoc Salon 4/18
        • Andrew Cyrille Salon 1/9
        • Under_Line Salon w/ Dave Burrell March 8, 2018
        • AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor
        • Under_Line Salon December 6
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Cooper-Moore
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
        • Holiday Salon at the LOWLINE Lab
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
      • Evolving >
        • Peace and Justice Celebration
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Arts for Art at El Taller
        • Arts for Art at H0L0
        • Arts for Art at Nublu
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Raza y Resistencia 2018
        • Justice is Compassion 12/7 - 1/12
        • Raza y Resistencia 2017
        • Justice is Compassion / Not a Police State
        • Raza y Resistencia
        • NYC FreeJazz Summit
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January 2 – January 22, 2017
Justice Is Compassion / Not A Police State
Music / Dance / Poetry / Art / Discourse
Abrazo Interno Gallery at The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002​
​Art Exhibit / Jo Wood-Brown OASIS PAINTINGS / ​GALLERY HOURS 3 TILL 6:30 Monday thru Saturday


Photos by Clara Pereira / www.jazztrail.net & Peter Gannushkin / www.downtownmusic.net

​WEEK 1

Monday 01/02

Dave Sewelson
7      Dave Sewelson Quartet
Dave Sewelson – bari. sax
Heru Shabaka-ra – trumpet
Devin Hoff - bass
​Alex Cline - drums
Guest Mike Watson - bs clar.


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Gerald Cleaver
8      Cleaver / Potter
Gerald Cleaver – drums
​Chris Potter - tenor sax
Special Guest Trevor Dunn - bass

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Girshel






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​9      Songs for Girshel    
Premik Tubbs - reeds 
Cheryl Pyle - flute
Bern Nix - guitar
Niko Berdzeni - sax
Carman Moore - conduction

Tuesday 01/03

Abrham Mennen

7      Mennen / Lopez / Naidoo
Abraham Mennen - tenor sax
Kesivan Naidoo - drums
Brandon Lopez - bass
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Cooper-Moore

8   Rosenbloom / Cooper-Moore 
Mara Rosenbloom - piano
Cooper-Moore - percussion, mouth bow, diddley-bow, flute
Aruan Ortiz

​9      Aruan Ortiz Quartet 
Aruan Ortiz – piano
Darius Jones – alto saxophone
Marika Hughes – cello
​Fay Victor - voice

Wednesday 01/04

Irreversible Entanglements

7      Irreversible Entanglements 
Luke Stewart - bass
​Camae Ayawe - spoken word  
Keir Neuringer - alto sax, perc.
Jamal Moore - tenor sax, perc.
Tcheser Holmes - drums
Khalid Thompson - live painting
Ras Moshe

8      Ras Moshe Ensemble
Ras Moshe Burnett – reeds
Sean Conly – bass
Tor Yochai Snyder – guitar
Lisette Santiago - percussion
​Warren Smith - vibes
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Ingrid Laubrock Tom Rainey

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9      Laubrock / Rainey
Ingrid Laubrock - tenor sax
Tom Rainey – drums 

Thursday 01/05

Joe Wood Brown

5 to 7:30 Art Opening :
Jo Wood Brown OASIS paintings

gallery hours: 3 till 6:30
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Ned Rothenberg

8      In Cahoots
Ned Rothenberg - reeds
Mark Feldman - violin
Sylvie Courvoisier - piano​
James Brandon Lewis


​9      Lewis / Pirog

James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax
Anthony Pirog - guitar


Breiner Lopez Shea
10      Breiner / Lopez / Shea
Patrick Breiner - tenor sax
Brandon Lopez - bass
Kevin Shea - drums

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Friday 01/06

Bordreuil Foster

7      Bordreuil / Foster
Leila Bordreuil - cello
Michael Foster - saxophone

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Jason Kao Hwang

8      Jason Kao Hwang
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
 
Larry Roland

9      Poetry Reading
Larry Roland 
Tony Malaby
9:30  Tony Malaby's Up Against The Wall 
Tony Malaby – tenor sax.
Ben Gerstein – trombone
Tom Rainey - drums

Saturday 01/07

4:30 Open Meeting 
In Support of Freedom for All
Miriam Parker

​7      Parker / Reid
Miriam Parker - dance
Tomeka Reid - cello
Fay Victor

​​8      Fay Victor's Peace Pipe
Fay Victor - voice, texts
​Ben Gerstein - trombone, boom box
Michael Bision

​9      Michael Bisio Accortet 
Michael Bisio – bass
​Art Bailey – accordion
Steve Swell – trombone
​Michael Wimberly – drums
WEEK 2

Monday 01/09
HONORING ROY CAMPBELL

The Nu Band

7:30   The Nu Band
Lou Grassi - drums 
Mark Whitecage - alto
Tom Heberer – trumpet
​Joe Fonda - bass
Bryan Carrott Hilliard Green Michael Wimberly Tribute to Roy Campbell

8:30    Three For Roy
Bryan Carrott – vibes
Hilliard Greene – bass
Michael Wimberly - drumsle
 bass
William Parker Hamid Drake Nabate Isles Matt Lavelle Tribute To Roy Campbell

9:30    Pyramid Trumpets 
William Parker - bass
Hamid Drake- percussion
​Nabate Isles - trumpet
Matt Lavelle - trumpet

Tuesday 01/10
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Irabagon Labro

7      Irabagon / Labro 
Jon Irabagon - tenor saxophone
Julien Labro - accordion 

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8     LathanFlinAli
Lathan Hardy - alto saxophone
Sean Ali - bass
Flin Van Hemmen - drums
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Content Provider Trio

​9     Content Provider Trio  
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​Andrew Drury - drums
​Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone
Briggan Krauss - alto saxophone
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Wednesday 01/11

Benntet
7      Benntet
Bruce Williamson – tenor saxophone
Hui Cox – guitar 
Michael Bisio – bass
Michael Wimberly - drums
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Cooper-Moore Daro Behroozi

8      Cooper-Moore / Behroozi 
Cooper-Moore – strings, perc.
Daro Behroozi - tenor, bs clarinet 
Amirtha Kidambi

9      Amirtha Kidambi Choir
voices: Amirthda Kidambi, Jean-Carla Rodea, Anais Maviel, Charmaine Lee, Emilie Lesbros, Kristin Slipp

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Thursday 01/12

Melanie Dyer
7      We Free Strings 
Melanie Dyer – viola
Charles Burnham – violin
Gwen Laster – violin
Lester Saint Louis – cello
Ken Filiano - bass
​Michael Wimberly - drums
Tomeka Reid
8      Tomeka Reid Septet
Mazz Swift – viola  
Jason Hwang – violin
Sarah Bernstein - violin
Tomeka Reid - cello
Chris Hoffman - cello
​Tomas Fujiwara – drums 
Adam Hopkins - bass​
Jaimie Branch

9      Jaimie Branch Trio
Jaimie Branch – trumpet
Brandon Lopez – bass
Mike Pride - drums​

Friday 01/13

Andrea Wolper

​7     Andrea Wolper's Cento Project
Andrea Wolper - voice, poems, compositions
Mazz Swift - violin, voice 
Adam Caine - guitar​
Yuko Otomo
    


8      Poetry Reading

Yuko Otomo
William Hooker

8:30 William Hooker Trio 
Dave Ross – guitar
Louie Belogenis – tenor saxophone
William Hooker - drums

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Michael Foster
9:30 Foster's The Ghost
Michael Foster – tenor/soprano, samples, electronics
Zach Rowden - bass
​Derek Baron - percussion, electronics

Saturday 01/14

Patricia Spears Jones

6:30 Poetry Reading
Patricia Spears Jones
Yoshiko Chuma

​7      Chuma / Parker / Hwang
Yoshiko Chuma – dance
Miriam Parker – text, dance
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Mazz Swift
​8      Swift / McGinnis
Mazz Swift - violin
Mike McGinnis - reeds



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Ken Filiano
​9      Ken Filiano Trio
Ken Filiano - bass
Michael Attias - alto
TA Thompson - drums
WEEK 3

Monday 01/16
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

Anais Maviel

7      Anais Maviel Solo
Anais Maviel - voice, percussion
Newman Taylor-Baker

8      Washboard XT
Newman Taylor-Baker - washboard
Avram Fefer – reeds

​Hilliard Green – bass 
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William Parker

9    Freedom Music for MLK
Kesivan Naidoo - drums
​William Parker - bass
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Karen Borca  - bassoon

Tuesday 01/17
NOT IN MY NAME

                                         5     OPEN Meeting 
                                                                  RESIST Rascism, Xenophobia, etc
Angelica Sanchez

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7     Sanchez / akLaff 
Angelica Sanchez – piano
Pheeroan akLaff - drum​
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8      Rob Brown Trio 
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Todd Nicholson - bass
JP Carletti - drums
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Daniel Carter

9      Elisha / Carter / Fonda
Daniel Carter - reeds, trumpet
Joe Fonda - bass
Ehran Elisha - drums​
10      30 Minute Open Improv
Bring Your Instrument!

Wednesday 01/18

Brandon Lopez

7      Lopez's The Mess
​​Brandon Lopez - bass
Sam Yulsman – piano
Chris Corsano - drum
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Andrew Lamb

​8    Lamb / Parker / Taylor Baker
Andrew Lamb - tenor saxophone
William Parker - bass
​Newman Taylor Baker - drums

Chris Pitsiokos
9      Chris Pitsiokos Quintet
Chris Pitsiokos - alto sax
Jaimie Branch - trumpet
Sam Yulsman - keyboard
Henry Fraser - bass
Jason Nazary - drums ​
10      30 Minute Open Improv
Bring Your Instrument!
Thursday 01/19
Jay Clayton
7      Double Duo
Jay Clayton - voice electronics
Ken Filiano - bass, electronics
Steve Swell
​8      Steve Swell Trio 
Steve Swell – trombone
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums
Joe McPhee - trumpet, reeds





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Francisco Mora Catlett
9      Afro-Horn 
Francisco Mora Catlett - drums
Sam Newsome - soprano sax
​Bob Stewart - tuba
Roman Diaz - congas, percussion


10      30 Minute Open Improv
Bring Your Instrument!
Friday 01/20
AN UNPRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
K. J. Holmes
6:30 Holmes / Carlstedt
K.J. Holmes - dance
Jeremy Carlstedt - drums
Patricia Nicholson Parker
7      Songs for Connie
Patricia Nicholson - dance, text
Melanie Dyer - viola 
Jochem Van Dijk - electric bass
TA Thompson  - drums
Bern Nix
7:30 Bern Nix Trio
Bern Nix – guitar
Francois Grillot – bass
Reggie Sylvester - drum
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8:30 JP Carletti Xul Trio
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
John Irabagon – saxophone
William Parker - bass
Gordon Beeferman
9:30 Beeferman / Cochrane / Shea 
Gordon Beeferman – organ
Chris Cochrane – guitar
Kevin Shea - drums
Saturday 01/21
WOMEN'S MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Raymond NAt Turner
7     Poetry Reading 
Raymond Nat Turner 
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Steve Dalashinsky
7:30  Poetry Reading 
Steve Dalachinsky
Whit Dickey
8     Whit Dickey Duo
Whit Dickey - drums
Kirk Knuffke – trumpet
David Mills
9     Poetry Reading 
David Mills
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Darius Jones
​9:30 Darius Jones Trio
Darius Jones ​- alto sax
Ben Gerstein - ​trombone
Whit Dickey - drums
Sunday 01/22
FINAL DAY OF EVOLVING
​Standing Up for Humanity, Creativity
Joe McPhee
7      kjær (beloved) for Dominic Duval
Joe McPhee – trumpet, sax
Jay Rosen - drums
Dominic Duval jr. - bass
Rosie Hertlein – violin
​James Keepnews - guitar

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Mixashawn
8    Mixashawn / akLaff :  A 20th Century Nonlinear Overture    
Mixashawn -reeds, mandolin, voice 
Pheeroan akLaff - drums

Henry Grimes
9 FINALE :  "Heal and Resist" featuring Henry Grimes w/ Joe McPhee, Pheeroan akLaff, Rosie Hertlein, Mixashawn, Jay Rosen, Melanie Dyer, Mara Rosenbloom, Patricia Nicholson etc...

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ARTS FOR ART, INC. 107 Suffolk Street, #300, New York, NY, 10002 //  212-254-5420 // info@artsforart.org

MISSION: Arts for Art is dedicated to the exceptional creativity that originated in the African American multi-arts jazz culture that utilizes improvisation to express a larger, more positive dream of inclusion and freedom.
​​ARTS FOR ART, INC.
107 Suffolk Street, #300, New York, NY, 10002
212-254-5420 | info@artsforart.org

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Programs
    • AFA Artists
    • Annual Reports
    • Board & Staff
    • Vision Circle
    • Safe(r) Space Code of Conduct
    • About CoSA
  • EVENTS
    • Studio Rivbea Revisited 2023
    • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
    • MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS
    • THE MUSIC OF BRANDON LOPEZ AND FRIENDS
    • Connie Crothers Tribute
    • ARTIST DIARIES
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
        • InGardens 2022, FREE Outdoor Concert Series in NYC
        • FreeJazz on a Saturday Afternoon
        • No Joke! Record Release
        • Jazz Libre! Celebration
        • Outdoor Concerts
        • Vision Festival Healing Soul
        • Amina Claudine Myers Birthday Celebration
        • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
        • Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts
        • Earth Arrival Day Celebration
        • Arts for Art at The Town Hall | March 4
        • Patricia Nicholson Birthday Benefit
        • Steve Cannon Tribute
        • Arts for Art at Weeksville
        • AFA at H0L0 Xennial
        • OPEN DOORS / OPEN STUDIOS
        • Arts for Art at the Kitchen
        • Cecil Taylor Memorial
        • FreeJazz at Weeksville
        • Vision at Tufts
        • Sonny Simmons Tribute Concert
        • Tribute to Hamiet Bluiett
      • Vision Festival Archive
      • On_Line Salons
      • Under_Line Salons >
        • Amina Claudine Myers Salon 1/07
        • Jemeel Moondoc Salon 4/18
        • Andrew Cyrille Salon 1/9
        • Under_Line Salon w/ Dave Burrell March 8, 2018
        • AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor
        • Under_Line Salon December 6
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Cooper-Moore
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
        • Holiday Salon at the LOWLINE Lab
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
      • Evolving >
        • Peace and Justice Celebration
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Arts for Art at El Taller
        • Arts for Art at H0L0
        • Arts for Art at Nublu
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Raza y Resistencia 2018
        • Justice is Compassion 12/7 - 1/12
        • Raza y Resistencia 2017
        • Justice is Compassion / Not a Police State
        • Raza y Resistencia
        • NYC FreeJazz Summit
      • Artist Meeting
      • InGardens >
        • InGardens 2021
        • InGardens 2019
        • InGardens 2018
        • In Gardens 2016
  • EDUCATION
    • Music is Mine
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