VISION Festival 17
This Time Freedom
Joe McPhee, a lifetime achievement 
June 11 - 17, 2012
at ROULETTE, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.

JUNE 11 - OPENING NIGHT
6:30pm
Opening Invocation
Patricia Nicholson - vocals
Fay Victor - vocals
Kyoko Kitamura - vocals
William Parker - bass
Hamid Drake - drums
Gerald Cleaver - drums

7pm
Kneebody / Monome
Adam Benjamin - keyboard
Shane Endsley - trumpet
Ben Wendel - saxophone
Kaveh Rastegar - bass
Nate Wood - drums

8pm
Dunmall / Shipp / Morris / Cleaver
Paul Dunmall - reeds
Matthew Shipp - piano
Joe Morris - bass
Gerald Cleaver - drums

9:15pm
Sharp / Morris
Elliott Sharp - guitar
Tracie Morris - vocals

10:15pm
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone
Michael Dessen - trombone
Denman Maroney - piano
Mark Dresser - bass
Michael Sarin - drums

​Video Artist: Phyllis Bulkhin-Lehrer

JUNE 12 - AUM FIDELITY 15th Anniversary Celebration
7pm
Eri Yamamoto - solo piano

8pm
Planetary Unknown 
David S. Ware - saxophone
Cooper-Moore - piano
William Parker - bass
Muhammad Ali - drums

9pm
Darius Jones Quartet
Darius Jones - alto saxophone
Matt Mitchell - piano
Trevor Dunn - bass
Ches Smith - drums

10pm
In Order To Survive 
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Lewis Barnes - trumpet
Cooper-Moore - piano
William Parker - bass
Hamid Drake - drums

Midnight After Hours 
at CSV, 107 Suffolk Street
The Sound Band conducted by Jemeel Moondoc

Visual Artist : Jeff Schlanger

JUNE 13
Joe McPhee a lifetime of achievement
7pm
Joe McPhee / Angels, Devils & Haints II
Joe McPhee - horns
Steve Swell - horns
Roy Campbell - horns
Joe Giardullo - horns
Rosie Hertlein - violin
Michael Bisio - bass
Dominic Duval - bass
Hilliard Greene - bass
William Parker - bass
Warren Smith - percussion
Jay Rosen - percussion

8:30pm
Sonny Simmons Ensemble
Sonny Simmons - alto saxophone 
Thomas Bellier - electric guitar
William Parker - bass
Warren Smith - drums

9:30pm
Jason Jordan / Knocknock
4 dancers & Joe McPhee

10pm
The Thing + Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee - saxophone, trumpet
Mats Gustafsson - tenor saxophone
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten - bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums

JUNE 14
5pm
Panel: Free Jazz / Free Music / Why Then? Why Now? 

7pm
Eternal Unity
Sabir Mateen - reeds
Dave Burrell - piano
William Parker - bass
William Hooker - drums

8pm
Dangerous Women / Moving Sound
Patricia Nicholson - dance
Connie Crothers - piano

9pm
Ivo Perelman Trio
Ivo Perelman - sax
Michael Bision - bass
Whit Dickey - drums

10pm
Hamid Drake Ensemble
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Pasquale Mira - vibes
Jeff Parker - guitar
Joshua Abrams - bass
Hamid Drake - drums

Multi-Media Artists: Jo Wood Brown & Miriam Parker

JUNE 15
7pm
Sheila Jordan & Jay Clayton Bebop To Freebop
Sheila Jordan - vocals
Jay Clayton - vocals
Jack Wilkins - guitar
Cameron Brown - bass

8pm
Yoshiko Chuma - dance

8:30pm
Roy Campbell / Ehran Elisha
Roy Campbell - trumpet
Ehran Elisha - drums

9:30pm
Henry Grimes / Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Henry Grimes - violin, bass

10:30pm
Dear Freedom Suite
Jun Miyake - saxophone, flute
Santi Debriano - bass
Pheeroan akLaff - percussion
Amiri Baraka - words

Multimedia Artists: Jo Wood Brown & Miriam Parker

JUNE 16
3pm
The Next Generation: Time
Tom Zlabinger, York College Creative Ensemble
Nicole Federici, Sonic Smithy / Jeff Lederer, Brooklyn Frontiers High School / Claire Daly, Litchfield Jazz Combo

7pm
Oh, Solo
Rachel Bernsen - dance

7:30pm
Steve Swell Quintet
Steve Swell - trombone
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Chris Forbes - piano
Hilliard Greene - bass
Michael T.A Thompson - drums

8:30pm
Premiere
Joelle Andre - bass
Nicole Mitchell - flute
Thomas Buckner - vocals

9:30pm
Trio 3
Oliver Lake - saxophone
Reggie Workman - bass
Andrew Cyrille - drums

10:30pm
Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge 
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Taylor Ho Bynum - trumpet
Steve Swell - trombone
Sun Li - pipa
Wang Guowei - erhu 
Ken Filiano - bass
Andrew Dury - drums

Live video art: Paul Clay

JUNE 17
4pm
Freedom For Sale - Poets & Prophets
Amiri Baraka
Ewuare X. Osayande
Other panelists TBA

6pm
Ingrid Laubrock Anti-house
Ingrid Laubrock - saxophone
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Kris Davies - piano
John Hebert - bass
Tom Rainey - drums

7pm
Burnt Sugar Holy Ghost & Fire
Greg "Ionman" Tate - conduction
Vernon Reid - conduction
Lisala, Shelley Nicole, Mikel Banks - vocals
Lewis "Flip" Barnes - trumpet
Micah Gaugh - alto saxophone
Jeffery Smith - tenor saxophone
Avram Fefer - tenor saxophone
Paula Henderson - baritone saxophone
André Lassalle, Ben Tyree, Bruce Mack - guitar
Jared M. Nickerson - electric bass
LaFrae Sci - drums

8pm
Jason Jordan - solo dance

8:30pm
Brown / Levin
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Daniel Levin - cello

9:30pm
Kidd Jordan Quintet 
Kidd Jordan - tenor saxophone
Charles Gayle - tenor saxophone, piano
J.D. Parran- baritone saxophone
William Parker - bass
Hamid Drake - drums

Live Video Art: Paul Clay