Vision Festival date change for the Arkestra

Ninth Vision Festival May 26 through May 31 Schedule UpdateDear All,=20

The Vision Festival has now been extended forward by one day, to run = seven days instead of six and to start on May 25th instead of the 26th, = and the Arkestra's date has been moved forward to May 25th, so the group = will actually play on Maestro Marshall Allen's 8Oth birthday! Here is = the latest revised schedule I've received:=20

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April 15, 2004

To: Listings/Critics/Features From: The Vision Festival / www.visionfestival.org

Ninth Vision Festival AT The Center 268 Mulberry and Prince Street May 25 through May 31, 2004 Vision Fest Hot Line: 212-696-6681=20 e-mail: info@visionfestival TICKETS: $25 per night - 6 Day Pass at The Center - $110 Please note times, dates, performers are subject to change; updates = can be seen at : www.visionfestival.org

New York, NY-- Arts for Art presents New York's own world-renowned = VISION FESTIVAL. This first rate multi-arts festival is organized and = developed on the understanding of the interconnection of all the arts, = their audiences and writers. The Vision Festival is the only festival = that is devoted to the presentation of innovative American music and = arts from an Afro-American perspective and tradition. Vision music or = freedom music is not limited by any particular tradition but may in any = instance utilize any tradition. It is art built on the development of = craft and vision with each artist using a voice that is uniquely their = own. It is art with a most decidedly, disciplined disregard for = tradition and boundaries.

The Vision Festival will take place as usual over the Memorial Day = Weekend from Tuesday, May 25 through Monday, May 31 at the Center at St. = Patrick's Old Cathedral. It will feature approximately 150 artists in = 30 different performing groups over the six days of the Festival. =20

Highlights of the Ninth Vision Festival will include: The Revolutionary Ensemble playing together live for the first time in = almost 3 decades. The Sun Ra Arkestra will celebrate Marshall Allen's = 8Oth Birthday. Milford Graves will perform with his original group = including Hugh Glover and Joe Rigby with William Parker guresting on = Bass. Joe McPhee will collaborate with master percussionist Harold E. = Smith as they reunite for their first performance in NYC in 32 years. = Back this year in full strength is Henry Grimes with his Trio including = Marilyn Crispell & Andrew Cyrille. James Blood Ulmer brings on his = Trio. For the first time Kidd Jordan will bring his New Orleans Band. A = special appearance by TRIO with Mark Dresser, Ned Rothenburg and = acclaimed koto player Michiyo Yagi. Dave Burrell presents Echo/Peace = Continuum. Khan Jamal Quintet will appear at the Vision Festival for = the first time and Mixashawn will be performing solo. To commemorate = Wilber Morris and Peter Kowald, William Parker will lead a Bass Quartet = with Henry Grimes, Sirone and Alan Silva. From Germany comes Gunter = Baby Sommer & Connie Bauer & Barre Philips for the Peter Kowald and = Wilber Morris Memorial Day.

SCHEDULE VISION NINE

Tuesday May 25 7:30 Gus Solomons jr - dance poet TBA Todd Nicholson bass 8:00 Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra celebrate Marshall Allen's = 8Oth 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 Rey trumpet - vocals / Fred Adams trumpet / D Hotep guitar=20 Dave Davis trombone/ Tyrone Hill trombone / Bill Davis bass =20 Art Jenkins vocals - percussion Elson Nascimento Surdo - percussion = / Luquman Ali drums 9 Khan Jamal Quintet / Khan Jamal vibes /Pheralyn Dove poet=20 Jemeel Moondoc sax / Roy Campbell trumpet / Dylan Taylor bass / = Dwight James drums 10 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 cond/gtr Greg Tate conductor = - guitar vocals Lisala Beatty / Jerry Darkcloud / Jeremiah Griffin // = flute Satch Hoyt guitar Rene Akan / Thom Loubet/ reeds Matana Roberts / Petre = Radu Scafaru =20 piano Vijay Iyer // synthesizer Bruce Mack // bass Jason Dimatteo/ = elec bs Jared Nickerson drums Chris Eddleton / Trevor Holder / Qusaim Naqvi // trumpet = Lewis Barnes 8:30 David Budbill poet William Parker bass 9:30 Whit Dickey dmus Matthew Shipp piano William Parker bass 10:30 Amiri & Amina Baraka Blue Ark: The Wordship =20 Amiri Baraka poet/voc // Amina Baraka poet/vocals // Dwight West = vocals=20 Rahman Herbie Morgan sax // Brian Smith bass // Vijay Iyer piano =20 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=20 Joe Morris bass // Luther Gray drums 9:30 William Parker Quartet & Patricia Nicholson PaNic =20 William Parker bass Patricia Nicholson dance Rob Brown sax Treva Offutt dance Lewis Barnes trumpet Miriam Parker dance Newman Taylor Baker percussion Kevin Bachman dance 10:30 Mixashawn solo saxophone=20 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's Message=20 Reggie Workman bass // Will Calhoun dums // Kevin Jones conga // = Yayoi Ikawa piano John Purcell reeds // John Beaty voc, reeds =20 Dean Bowman vocals // Kyoko Kitamura vocals Nichole Guiland vocals 8:30 Sabir Mateen Quintet Sabir Mateen reeds =20 Raphe Malik trumpet // Raymond A. King piano //Jane Wang bass // = Ravish Momin percussion 9:30 Milford Graves with guest William Parker=20 Joe Rigby sax Hugh Glover sax =20 10:30 Cooper-Moore Triptych Myth Cooper-Moore piano& percussion = =20 Tom Abbs bass // Chad Taylor drm // Moo Lohkenn guest voc 11:30 Joe McPhee Quartet Joe McPhee trumpet, sax =20 Harold E. Smith drums // Dominic Duval bass // Rosie Hertlein = violin

Sunday May 30

5pm A panel of artists discuss The Artist=B9s Role in Waging Peace = =20 David Budbill, William Parker, Dave Burrell, Kidd Jordan & others

7:30 Roy Campbell, Jr. & Tazz: Roy Campbell, Jr., trumpet=20 Andrew Bemkey pno Chris Sullivan bass Michael Thompson drums 8:30 Revolutionary Ensemble =20 Leroy Jenkins vln Jerome Cooper dms Sirone bass 9:30 Dave Burrell Echo/Peace Continuum Dave Burrell piano =20 William Parker bs Sabir Mateen rds Steve Lehman sax = William Hooker dms 10:30 Tri-Factor Kahil El=B9Zabar percussion Bluiett baritone sax Billy = Bang vln

Monday Memorial May 31- Dedicated to Bassists Wilber Morris & Peter = Kowald

7:30 New York Skyscraper conducted by Butch Morris violin Cornelius Dufallo / Salim Washington / vla Steffany Griffin // = clarinet Michael Marcus trumpet Nabate S. Isles // trombone Reut Regev // bassoonTim Price = // frhorn Mark Taylor =20 cello Okkyung lee // vbs Matt Moran // tuba Tom Abbs // acc = Andria Parkins hrp Mia Theodorakis // electronics Shahzad Ismaily & Miguel = Frasconi & 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 reeds Charles Gayle Bassists William Parker / Henry Grimes / Sirone / Alan Silva