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Vision Festival 18
AFA is excited to announce that Milford Graves will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. This legendary drummer, scientist, herbalist, martial artist and acupuncturist is truly a renaissance man whose work has for too long gone either under the radar or like so many great artists, has been misunderstood. His groundbreaking work and scientific approach to understanding the effect of rhythm on the heart is matched with a belief in the power of art to move and inspire. As a drummer, his roots are in latin/Cuban rhythms, which will be reflected in the first group on June 12 where he has invited David Virelles to join him with a group of 3 other Cuban musicians. The Rest of the Night will be All Stars including Kidd Jordan, DD Jackson, Charles Gayle Roswell Rudd Amiri Baraka and William Parker!
For the first time, Arts for Art will honor a great visual artist for a lifetime of achievement at the 18th Vision Festival in June 13, 2013. Robert Janz was born in 1932 in Ireland but received his art training in the US. He was part of the 'Zen Generation' led by Pacific Coast Beat artists. His work, in his own words, is 'totemic ...haikus'. Robert Janz has lived all his art always slightly under the radar, creating powerfully resonant, nomadic, overlooked, poetic, ephemeral, challenging art. And his art and philosophy has influenced generations of artists all over the world as his nomadic life led him. It is Arts for Art's honor to shine a light on his work and creative philosophy.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 Milford Graves: A Lifetime of Achievement
7:30 Afro/Cuban Roots Milford Graves drums David Virelles acoustic piano Román Díaz percussions (congas, batá drums, añá), vocals Dezron Douglas acoustic bass Román Filiú alto saxophone
8:30 Milford Graves Transition TRIO Milford Graves drums D.D. Jackson piano Kidd Jordan tenor saxophone
9:30 Milford Graves NY HeArt Ensemble Milford Graves drums Charles Gayle tenor saxophone William Parker bass Roswell Rudd trombone Amiri Baraka poetry
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
7:00 Maria Mitchell / Terry Jenoure Maria Mitchell dance Terry Jenoure violin
7:45 Roy Campbell's Akhenaten Ensemble Roy Campbell trumpet Bryan Carrott vibes Jason Kao Hwang violin Hilliard Greene bass Michael Wimberly drums
9:00 Rob Brown U_L Project Joe McPhee trumpet, sax Rob Brown alto saxophone Miya Masaoka koto Mark Helias bass Qasim Naqvi drums
10:00 Roscoe Mitchell Trio Roscoe Mitchell reeds Henry Grimes bass Tani Tabbal drums
FRIDAY, JUNE 14 A French American Connection
7:00 VOCAL-EASE Steve Dalachinsky poetry Didier Petit cello
7:30 Bern Nix Quartet Bern Nix guitar Francois Grillot bass Matt Lavelle trumpet Reggie Sylvester drums
8:30 East-West Collective Didier Petit cello Sylvain Kassap clarinets Xu Fengxia guhzeng Larry Ochs tenor sax Miya Masaoka koto
9:30 The French-American Peace Ensemble Francois Tusques piano Louis Sclavis clarinets Kidd Jordan tenor sax William Parker bass Hamid Drake drums
The East-West Collective and The French-American Peace Ensemble have been made possible through the French-American Jazz Exchange, a joint program of FACE ("French American Cultural Exchange") and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, with generous funding from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique ("SACEM"), Florence Gould Foundation, and Institut Français.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
2 pm Visionary Youth Band coT.I.M.E. initiative bklyn / Jeff Lederer, Jessica Jones 2:30 York College Creative Ensemble - CUNY Queens / Tom Zlabinger - Director 3 pm Achievement First Middle School Band Brooklyn / Gene Baker director 3:30 All schools (80 young musicians) under direction of William Parker with guest artist Hamid Drake
5 pm Panel on the French-American exchange of musical ideas & social, political ideals past and present moderated by Michel Dorbon (RogueArt record label)
7:30 Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up Brian Settles sax Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet Mary Halvorson guitar Michael Formanek bass Tomas Fujiwara - drums
8:45 Davis/Revis/Cyrille Trio Kris Davis piano Eric Revis bass Andrew Cyrille drums
9:45 Simmons / Burrell Duo Sonny Simmons alto saxophone Dave Burrell piano
10:45 Reggie Workman WORKz Reggie Workman bass Marilyn Crispell piano Odean Pope tenor saxophone Tapan Modak tablas Pheeroan akLaff - drums
SUNDAY, JUNE 16
2:00 Panel building real access to Creative Jazz
5:30 Film Butch Morris "Black February" by Vipal Monga
6:00 Inner City: Migration Miriam Parker dance, choreographer Jason Jordan dance Hamid Drake drums Jo Wood Brown art Robert Janz guest visual artist
6:30 Oluyemi Thomas Group Oluyemi Thomas sax Ijeoma Thomas voice/words Henry Grimes bass Michael Wimberly drums
7:30 Hamiet Bluiett Lineup TBA
8:30 Mario Pavone ARC Trio Mario Pavone bass Craig Taborn piano Gerald Cleaver drums
9:30 Marshall Allen & McBrides BASS ROOTS Christian McBride bass Lee Smith bass Howard Cooper bass Marshall Allen alto saxophone
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brooklyn, NY 11217
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I am 64 and my wife is 62- is that senior age |
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