VISION Festival 18 
Milford Graves a Lifetime of Achievement
June 12 - 16, 2013 
at Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY

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

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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