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Celebrating Andrew Cyrille's Lifetime of Achievement

Andrew Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York to Haitian immigrant parents.  Cyrille’s Haitian background and participation in drum and bugle corps shaped his early musical development. He would soon begin playing with jazz masters like Coleman Hawkins and Mary Lou Williams, before beginning an 11 year tenure with Cecil Taylor from 1964 to 1975. Throughout his career he has committed to investigating the full timbral and melodic quality of the drums, resulting in a series of solo and collaborative percussion albums, including projects with Milford Graves, Rashied Ali, Don Moye, and Kenny Clarke.  A highly sought after collaborator for his vision and creative finesse, Cyrille has also worked extensively with dancers, poets, and visual artists.
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Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille by Michael Wilderman

Celebrating Visual Artist Alain Kirili's Lifetime of Achievement

Sculptor Alain Kirili, born in Paris, became profoundly influenced by the communion between music and artwork when he heard Sidney Bechet give an impromptu performance in his parent's kitchen. He exhibited his first sculpture in 1972, and soon landed major exhibitions in Paris and New York -- including at MoMA, and the inaugural show at PS1. In 1980 he moved to New York City, to the loft on White Street where he continues to host regular performances between free jazz musicians and his sculpture, and the work of other visual artists, including his wife, the photographer Ariane Lopez-Huici. Kirili’s work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Musée d'Orsay, Sonnabend Gallery, Musée Rodin, Musée National d'Art Moderne, and many more.
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Alain Kirili
Alain Kirili by Ariane Lopez-Huici
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Andrew Cyrille by Dave Kaufman

Program 1 - 6:30pm

Haitian Fascination
Cyrille by Marek Lazarski, Pascal by Stefania Zamparelli, Troupe by Enid Farber
Haitian Fascination
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Alix Pascal - guitar
Jean Guy-Rene - Haitian drum
Quincy Troupe - poetry
Andrew Cyrille Milford Graves
Jordan by Ken Weiss
Cyrille / Jordan
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Kidd Jordan - tenor sax


Beatrice Capote Tomeka Reid
Capote by Russell Haydn, Reid by Tony Smith
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Tomeka Reid - cello
Beatrice Capote - dance
Kidd Jordan
Graves and Cyrille by Michael Wilderman
Dialogue of the Drums
Andrew Cyrille - drums
​Milford Graves  - drums

Program 2 - 9pm

Stefan Roloff Andrew Cyrille
BIG FIRE by Stefan Roloff
BIG FIRE
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Stefan Roloff - video art
Lebroba
Smith by Jimmy Katz
Andrew Cyrille Trio
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Brandon Ross - guitar
Lisa Sokolov
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Cyrille / Sokolov
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Lisa Sokolov - voice, piano
Peter Brotzmann Andrew Cyrille
Brötzmann and Cyrille by Jost Gebers
Cyrille / Brötzmann
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Peter Brötzmann - reeds
Tomas Fujiwara
Ribot by Ebru Yildiz

6:30PM

Projections: Paintings by Jo Wood-Brown
Dunston/Ribot/Rodriguez/Taylor Quartet
Marc Ribot - guitar, voice
Jay Rodriguez - tenor sax, flute
Nick Dunston - bass
Chad Taylor - drums 
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Born out of his latest release, Songs of Resistance, and considered the spiritual successor to his Spiritual Unity project, Marc Ribot’s new working quartet features musical partners old and new, and serves as a platform for new compositions and experimentation.
Cassandra Wilson
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7:30PM

Projections: Paintings by Jo Wood-Brown
Tomas Fujiwara's 7 Poets Trio
Tomas Fujiwara - drums, compositions

Patricia Brennan - vibraphone
​Tomeka Reid - cello


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Tomas Fujiwara assembled his 7 Poets Trio for the first time during his Stone residency in April 2018, bringing together two musicians who had never played together before, creating a brand new combination of musical personalities. A debut album is forthcoming on Rogue Art in September 2019.
Edwin Torres
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8:30PM

Projections: Paintings by Jo Wood-Brown
A Ritual of Words and Tones
Edwin Torres - poetry
Fred Moten - poetry
Brandon Lopez - bass
Gerald Cleaver - drums
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Renowned experimental lyric poets Edwin Torres and Fred Moten, meet a musical duo of great rapport in the ubiquitous improvisers Brandon Lopez and Gerald Cleaver.
Davalois Fearon Mike McGinnis
McGinnis and Fearon by Richard Termine

9:30PM

Davalois Fearon Dance
The Motion of Words and Sound

Davalois Fearon - dance, artistic director
​Mike McGinnis - woodwinds, music director
Patricia Smith - poetry
Morgan Anderson - dance
Njeri Rutherford - dance
Mikaila Ware - dance
Peter Apfelbaum - piano, keyboard, woodwinds
​Gerald Cleaver - drums
Jasmine Murrell - costumes, wearable sculptures
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A performance/curatorial project created by the artistic duo of dancer and choreographer Davalois Fearon, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike McGinnis. A mixture of improvised and composed music and dance inspired by the words of Patricia Smith.
Kidd Jordan Alvin Fielder
Fielder and Jordan by Michael Wilderman

10:30PM

Kidd Jordan's Alvin Fielder Tribute Band
Kidd Jordan - tenor sax
Joel Futterman - piano
William Parker - bass
Hamid Drake - drums
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Kidd Jordan leads this tribute to Alvin Fielder, drummer, pharmacist, and founding AACM member who passed away earlier this year. Jordan's relationship with Fielder goes back to the early 70s, and along with pianist Joel Futterman, and William Parker performed as the Creative Collective for over twenty years. They welcome drummer Hamid Drake​​ for this tribute performance.
Whit Dickey Michael Bisio Kirk Knuffke Fred Lonberg Holm
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7:00pm

Secret Journey, Duo - Stop Calling Them Dangerous
Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks
Yoshiko Chuma - dance
Miriam Parker - dance
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Devin Waldman - alto sax
Steve Swell - trombone
Christopher McIntyre - trombone
Dane Terry - piano
​Dan Peeples - voice
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Yoshiko Chuma is attracted to the ordinary existence of humanity, how it transcends culture and is impervious to the threat of annihilation. She seeks intellectual and sensory interaction through integration. Her work has been called "choreographed chaos"- she intentionally avoids presenting an ordered universe in her work as she doesn’t see an ordered universe in life.
Alain Kirili
Gibbs by Michael Weintrob

8:00pm

God Particle
Melvin Gibbs - electric bass, electronics, conduction
Stephon Alexander - EWI, laptop, soprano sax
James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax
Luke Stewart - electric and acoustic bass
Graham Haynes - trumpet, electronics
Marc Cary - piano, synth

Ronnie Burrage - udu, drums
David Pleasant - drums, body percussion
​Total Sound Immersion - gongs, percussion

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Particle physics theorist Stephon Alexander and bassist Melvin Gibbs’ God Particle is an exploration of the "quantum" concepts that are inherently embedded in jazz.  God Particle will premiere a new work, Ogodo, the Cosmic Fabric, which examines the similarities between theoretical physics and African cosmology in relation to the concept of the “cosmic fabric” of space-time. Compositions within this work explore the sonic and rhythmic interconnection between the modern physics of the cosmic fabric seen through the lens of quantum gravity and African cosmology. ​​
Melvin Gibbs
Kirili by Marilia Destot

9:00pm

Alain Kirili and William Parker conversation
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Sculptor Alain Kirili has a deep connection to improvised music, reflected in his theory and practice. He speaks with bassist William Parker on his influences, philosophy, and role of music in his work, in light of his Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement distinction. ​
Yoshiko Chuma
Dickey by RI Sutherland-Cohen, Bisio by Albert Brooks, Lonberg-Holm by Peter Gannushkin, Knuffke by Dago Ulloa

9:30pm

D/B/K/LH
Whit Dickey - drums
Michael Bisio - bass
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello

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An amalgamation of two groups: Dickey / Bisio / Knuffke and Bisio / Knuffke / Lonberg-Holm, presented as one quartet for this special Vision Festival performance.  ​​
Jemeel Moondoc Idris Ackamoor Bobby Zankel
Moondoc by RI Sutherland Cohen, Zankel by RI Sutherland Cohen

10:30pm

Alto Gladness - An Odyssey of the Eb Saxophone
​Tribute to Cecil Taylor

Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax
Bobby Zankel - alto sax
Idris Ackamoor - alto sax
William Parker - bass
Gerald Cleaver - drums
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Alto saxophonists Jemeel Moondoc, Idris Ackamoor and Bobby Zankel played, studied and performed with the late great Cecil Taylor as part of his Black Music Ensemble at Antioch College during Taylor’s residency, 1969-1973. Moondoc, Ackamoor and Zankel were featured soloists and comprised the alto saxophone section.  The Alto Gladness odyssey reveals the continuation and development of the Cecil Taylor ideology; a tribute to CT. Vision Festival 2019 marks the premiere of this new project.
FreeJazz Convention

3:00pm

FreeJazz Convention Day 1
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Panel on Race & Gender: Economics and Resources
w/ Camae Ayewa, Ras Moshe, Melanie Dyer,
Keir Neuringer 
Moderated by William Parker
Ava Mendoza
Mendoza by Petra Cvelbar

6:30pm

Projections by Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo
Mendoza / Nelson / Lane / Drake
Ava Mendoza - guitar
Matt Nelson - tenor sax
Adam Lane - bass

Hamid Drake - drums
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Avant-rock guitarist Ava Mendoza meets Matt Nelson, Hamid Drake, and Adam Lane for an unpredictable and wide variety of musical textures and temperaments. Having all played together separately, this is the first appearance of this ensemble. 
Marty Ehrlich
Ehrlich by Erika Kapin

7:30pm

​Projections by Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo
Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation
Marty Ehrlich - alto sax, flute, clarinet
John Hébert - bass
Nasheet Waits - drums
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Marty Ehrlich has released his first trio recording in many years, entitled "Trio Exaltation." For this new trio concept, Ehrlich has called on bassist John Hébert and drummer Nasheet Waits. All three were members together in the Andrew Hill Point of Departure Sextet, a group which brought Andrew Hill's music strongly before the public in the last decade of Hill's life. ​
Matthew Shipp
Shipp by Marek Lazarski

8:30pm

​Projections by Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo
Matthew Shipp / William Parker ​Duo
Matthew Shipp - piano
William Parker - bass
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Matthew Shipp and William Parker, longtime musical associates, most notably as members of David S. Ware's quartet, make their first U.S. duo appearance in a decade.
Rob Brown Quartet
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9:30pm

​Projections by Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo
Rob Brown Quartet
Rob Brown - alto sax
Chris Lightcap - bass
Steve Swell - trombone
​Chad Taylor - drums

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NYC free jazz mainstay Rob Brown presents a new quartet with Chris Lightcap, Steve Swell, and Chad Taylor, in support of a forthcoming record on Rogue Art.
Kris Davis
Davis by Caroline Mardok

10:30pm

Projections by Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo
Kris Davis Trio - January Painters
Kris Davis - piano
Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
William Parker - bass
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Rising star pianist Kris Davis continues her streak of adventurous collaborations, inviting two luminary musicians, drummer Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, and bassist William Parker for a special trio performance.
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1:00pm

FreeJazz Convention Day 2
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Practical Concerns of FreeJazz Artists
Diane Quinn (Actors Fund) on housing
Jean Cook, Melvin Gibbs on the internet
Kwame Coleman, Leila Adu-Gilmore,
James Brandon Lewis
on Education
Gargi Shinde (CMA), Robert Baron (NYSCA) on funding opportunities
Luke Stewart, Cisco Bradley, Pheeroan akLaff, Andrew Drury on performance opportunities
Visionary Youth Orchestra
VYO by Eva Kapanadze

5:30pm

Visionary Youth Orchestra
Directed by Jessica Jones, Jeff Lederer, and William Parker
Students from the Institute for Collaborative Education and Brooklyn Friends School
Compositions to be performed:
Happy Ornette Day (William Parker)
Moon (William Parker)
Wood Flute Song (William Parker)
Peoples Song (William Parker)
Language Music + Composition No. 255 (Anthony Braxton)
Douglas R. Ewart
Jones by Kholood Eid

6:30pm

Projections by Janet Goldner
Darius Jones Quintet
Darius Jones - alto sax
Craig Weinrib- drums
Dezron Douglas - bass
Charlie Looker - guitar

Michael Vatcher - percussion
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Described as, “the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era,” Darius Jones presents the latest iteration of his composition Cartilage. ​
David Virelles
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7:30pm

Projections by Janet Goldner
David Virelles Mbókò
David Virelles - piano
Eric McPherson - drums
Román Díaz - percussion
Rashaan Carter - bass​
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With Mbókò, pianist-composer David Virelles – based now in New York but born and bred in Cuba – has taken the folkloric rhythms of Afro-Cuban religious ritual and transmuted them into a 21st-century music resonating with mystery and meaning. Mbókò, can mean “fundament” or “sugar cane” or “The Voice,” not the human voice but The Voice that is believed in Abakuá culture to be the voice of a spirit, or spirits. 
Patricia Nicholson
Nicholson by Peter Gannushkin

8:30pm

Patricia Nicholson - dance
Val Jeanty - percussion, electronics
​Cooper-Moore - piano, instruments
Bill Mazza - video art
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Festival organizer / dancer Patricia Nicholson assembles a first time collaboration with electronic artist Val Jeanty and the incomparable Cooper-Moore.
James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet
Photo by Diane Allford

9:30pm

Projections by Bill Mazza
James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet
James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax
Luke Stewart - bass
Warren G. Crudup III - drums
Anthony Pirog - guitar
Jaimie Branch - trumpet
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Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis' latest album,
An Unruly Manifesto, is dedicated to Charlie Haden & Ornette Coleman and Surrealism. Lewis describes this album as a call to action. “Everyday is a chance to discover the truest version of your self and charge after that relentlessly."
Darius Jones
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10:30pm

Douglas R. Ewart and Bamboo Constellations
​Tribute to Joseph Jarman

Douglas R. Ewart - woodwinds
Mankwe Ndosi - vocals
Reggie Nicholson - vibraphone

Mike Reed - drums
Brandon Ross - guitar
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon

Luke Stewart - bass
Germaul Barnes - dance
Djassi DaCosta Johnson - dance

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