Press Coverage of the Vision Festival and Arts for Art

Arts for Art in the News

RECENT 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 News

October 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 News

Listen: 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 Coverage

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 News

June 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 2021

The 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 Salons

Fay 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 Soul

Vision 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 Hall

Sounds 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 Art

Arts 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 Kitchen

Dave Burrell at the Kitchen Review
The New York City Jazz Record, Andrey Henkin
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201904.pdf

Vision Festival Visual Art Coverage

Arteidolia (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