Vision Festival
Vision Festival
Marshall Allen=92s 80th Birthday
Please Come =20 and by the way there is no drink minimum
Ninth Vision Festival
AT The Center
268 Mulberry btwn Prince & Houston May 25 through May 31, 2004
Tuesday May 25
7:30 Joseph Jarman Invocation 8:00 Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra celebrates Marshall Allen's 80th Birthday Marshall Allen alto saxophone - flute - EVI -clarinet- / Knoel Scott alto saxophone=20 Charles Davis tenor / Yaha Abdul-Majid tenor saxophone / Rey Scott baritone saxophone Michael Ray trumpet - vocals / Fred Adams trumpet / D Hotep guitar=20 Dave Davis trombone / Tyrone Hill trombone / Bill Davis bass / Art Jenkins vocals perc =20 Elson Nascimento Surdo - percussion / Luquman Ali drums 9:00 Gus Solomons jr - dance poet Adeena Karasick Todd Nicholson bass 9:45 Khan Jamal Quintet / Khan Jamal vibes / Pheralyn Dove poet=20 Jemeel Moondoc sax / Roy Campbell trumpet / Dylan Taylor bass / Dwight James drums 10:45 James "Blood" Ulmer guitar / Jamaladeen Tacuma bass / Calvin Weston drums
Wednesday May 26
7:30 Mark Dresser bass / Ned Rothenberg woodwinds & shakuhachi / Michiyo Yagi koto, bass koto 8:30 Equal Interest: Joseph Jarman reeds / Leroy Jenkins violin / Myra Melford piano 9:30 Henry Grimes Trio Henry Grimes bass / Marilyn Crispell piano / Andrew Cyrille drums =20 10:30 Fred Van Hove piano & Johannes Bauer trombone
Thursday May 27
7:30 Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber Greg Tate conductor - guitar Lisala Beatty Jerry Darkcloud & Jeremiah Griffin vocals / Satch Hoyt flute Rene Akan & Thom Loubet guitar / Matana Roberts & Petre Radu Scafaru reeds Vijay Iyer piano / Bruce Mack synthesizer / Lewis Barnes trumpet Jason Dimatteo bass / Jared Nickerson elec bass Chris Eddleton, Trevor Holder & Qusaim Naqvi drums 8:30 David Budbill poet / William Parker bass 9:30 Whit Dickey drums / Matthew Shipp piano / William Parker bass 10:30 Amiri & Amina Baraka Blue Ark: The Wordship =20 Amiri Baraka poet & vocals / Amina Baraka poet & vocals / Dwight West vocals=20 Rahman Herbie Morgan sax /. Brian Smith bass / Vijay Iyer piano /Pheeroan akLaff
Friday May 28
7:30 Steve Dalachinsky poet / Ximena Garnica dance / Tim Barnes percussion 8:30 Rob Brown Collective: Rob Brown sax / Steve Swell trombone Joe Morris bass / Luther Gray drums 9:30 William Parker Quartet & Patricia Nicholson PaNic =20 William Parker bass / Patricia Nicholson dance Rob Brown sax / Miriam Parker dance Lewis Barnes trumpet / Kevin Bachman dance Samir Chatterjee percussion=20 10:30 Mixashawn Hemispheric Principles...the Legacy of J.A. Emidy solo for reeds, voice, strings 11:15 Kidd Jordan New Orleans Band w/ guest William Parker Kidd Jordan tenor sax / Clyde Kerr trumpet / Darrell Levigne piano / Alvin Fielder drums
Saturday May 29=20
7:30 Reggie Workman Ashanti=B9s Message: History in the Making Reggie Workman bass / Gerry Hemmingway drums / Kevin Jones conga / Yayoi Ikawa piano =20 JD Parran bass clarinet & flute / John Beaty alto sax / Kyoko Kitamura vocals 8:30 Sabir Mateen Quintet Sabir Mateen reeds / Raphe Malik trumpet / Raymond A. King piano
Jane Wang bass / Ravish Momin percussion 9:30 Milford Graves Trio / guest William Parker=20 Joe Rigby sax / Hugh Glover sax =20 10:30 Cooper-Moore Triptych Myth Cooper-Moore piano & percussion
Tom Abbs bass / Chad Taylor drums / Moo Lohkenn guest voc 11:30 Joe McPhee Quartet Joe McPhee trumpet, sax =20 Harold E. Smith drums / Dominic Duval bass / Rosi Hertlein violin
Sunday May 30
5pm A panel of artists discuss The Artist=B9s Role in Waging Peace
David Budbill, William Parker, Dave Burrell, Kidd Jordan, Marilyn Sontag & Patricia Nicholson
7:30 Roy Campbell Jr Tazz =20 Roy Campbell Jr trummpet / Andrew Bemkey piano /Chris Sullivan bass Michael Thompson dms 8:30 Revolutionary Ensemble =20 Leroy Jenkins violin / Jerome Cooper drums / Sirone bass 9:30 Dave Burrell Echo/Peace Continuum Dave Burrell piano / William Parker bass / Sabir Mateen reeds Steve Lehman sax / William Hooker drums 10:30 Tri-Factor Kahil El=B9Zabar perc / Bluiett baritone sax / Billy Bang violin
Monday Memorial May 31- Dedicated to Bassists Wilber Morris & Peter Kowald
7:30 New York Skyscraper conducted by Butch Morris Cornelius Dufallo & Rose Bartu violin / Michael Marcus clarinet / Nabate S. Isles trumpet Reut Regev trombone / Salim Washington oboe / Steffany Griffin viola / Tim Price bassoon =20 Mark Taylor french horn / Okkyung Lee cello / Matt Moran vibes / Tom Abbs tuba Mia Theodorakis harp / Shahzad Ismaily & Miguel Frasconi electronics=20 Andrea Parkins harp & others 8:30 Gunda Gottschalk violin / Xu Feng Xia guzheng 9:30 Gunter Baby Sommer drums / Connie Bauer trombone/ Barre Philips bass 10:30 William Parker Bass Quartet w/ guest Charles Gayle reeds Bassists: William Parker / Henry Grimes / Sirone & Alan Silva
TICKETS $25 per night - 7 Day Pass $140=20 Advance sales Downtown Music Gallery 212-473-0043 / email dmg@downtownmusicgallery.com For updates www.visionfestival.org or call 212-696-6681