clifford_thornton

I would like an honest answer to why, at Friday night's Vision Festival, pianist Francois Tusques (ostensibly a guest of honor) was summarily shut out of the ensemble - poorly miked was only part of it. The other players weren't giving him the least amount of space and were ignoring his attempts to interact with what they were doing. As someone who has seen masters like Kidd Jordan, William Parker and Hamid Drake play empathetically, the rudeness I witnessed on the bandstand was shocking and...