VISION Festival 18
Milford Graves a Lifetime of Achievement
June 12 - 16, 2013
at Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 12
Celebrate Milford Graves - A Lifetime of Achievement 7:30pm Afro Cuban Roots Milford Graves - drums / percussion David Virelles - piano Roman Diaz - percussion / vocals Dezron Douglas - bass Roman Filiu - alto sax 8:30pm Milford Graves Transition TRIO Milford Graves - drums / percussion D.D. Jackson - piano Kidd Jordan - tenor sax 9:30pm Milford Graves NY HeArt Ensemble Milford Graves - drums / percussion Charles Gayle - tenor sax William Parker - bass Roswell Rudd - trombone Amiri Baker - poetry 
THURSDAY JUNE 13
Celebrate Visual Artist Robert Janz Film and Photos of Artist at Work by Travis Brown 7pm Bejewelled Dreaming Florentina Terry Jenoure - violin Maria Mitchell - dance 7:45pm Roy Campbell's Akhenaten Ensemble Roy Campbell - trumpet Bryan Carrott - vibes JasonKao Hwang - violin Hilliard Greene - bass Michael Wimberly - drums 9pm Rob Brown U_L Project Joe McPhee - trumpet / sax Rob Brown - alto sax Miya Masaoka - koto Mark Helias - bass Qasim Naqvi - drums THURSDAY JUNE 13 (cont'd)
Celebrating Visual Artist Robert Janz Film and Photos of the Artist at Work by Travis Brown 10pm Roscoe Mitchell Trio Roscoe Mitchell - reeds Henry Grimes - bass Tani Tabbal - drums FRIDAY JUNE 14
A FRENCH AMERICAN CONNECTION 7pm VOCAL-EASE Steve Dalachinsky - poetry Connie Crothers - piano 7:30pm Bern Nix Quartet Bern Nix - guitar Francois Grillot - bass Matt Lavelle - trumpet Reggie Sylvester - drums 
FRIDAY JUNE 14 (cont'd)
A FRENCH AMERICAN CONNECTION 8:45pm East - West Collective Didier Petit - cello Sylvain Kassap - clarinet Xu Fengxia - guzheng Larry Ochs - tenor sax Miya Masaoka - koto 10pm The French - American Peace Ensemble Francois Tusques - piano Louis Sclavis - clarinet Kidd Jordan - tenor William Parker - bass Hamid Drake - drums |
SATURDAY JUNE 15
12:30pm Building a Future PANEL Where Improvisation and Culture Come Together 2pm THE FUTURE Achievement First M.S Band Gene Baker - Director 2:30pm York College Creative Ensemble / CUNY Tom Zlabinger - Director 3pm Brooklyn Young Improvisers Jeff Lederer, Jessica Jones 3:30pm All schools (50 young musicians) 5pm French American PANEL 7:30pm Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up Tomas Fujiwara - drums Michael Formanek - bass Mary Halvorson - guitar Brian Settles - tenor sax Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet SATURDAY JUNE 15 (cont'd)
FUTURE PRESENT 8:45pm Davis / Revis/ Cyrille Kris Davis - piano Eric Revis - bass Andrew Cyrille - drums 9:45pm Simmons / Burrell Duo Sonny Simmons - alto sax Dave Burrell - piano 10:45pm Reggie Workman WORKz Reggie Workman - bass Marilyn Crispell - piano Odean Pope - tenor Tapan Modak - tablas Pheeroan akLaff - drums SUNDAY JUNE 16 (cont'd)
THE POWER OF CREATIVE MUSIC 7:30pm Bluiett's Bio-Electric Ensemble Hamiett Bluiett - baritone D.D Jackson - piano Harrison Bankhead - bass Hamid Drake - drums 8:30pm Mario Pavone ARC Trio Music Mario Pavone - bass Craig Taborn - piano Gerald Cleaver - drums 9:30pm Marshall Allen & McBrides BASS ROOTS Christian McBride - bass Lee Smith - bass Howard Cooper - bass Marshall Allen - alto sax SUNDAY JUNE 16
2pm Decolonizing the Music PANEL Reclaiming the Power of Creative Music in Communities of Color 4pm Black February FILM Butch Morris Documentary by Vipal Monga 6pm Inner City: Migration Miriam Parker - dance / choreography Jason Jordan - dance Hamid Drake - drums Jo Wood Brown - art Robert Janz - art 6:30pm Positive Knowledge Oluyemi Thomas - bass clarinet / saxophone Ijeoma Thomas - voice / words Michael Wimberly - drums |