Vision Fest XVI

[Steve Reynolds]

Vision Festival - XVI

Save the Date

Monday June 6th to Sunday June 12th, 2011

A Lifetime of Musical Achievement by

** Peter Brötzmann **

WHAT’S NEW:

Peter Brötzmann – Lifetime of Achievement Award, June 8th

Plus a week of the Best of AvantJazz

Including a Tribute to Marion Brown by the GROUP on June 11th

WHEN/WHERE:

Monday, June 6th Evolving Vision at Clemente Soto Velez (107 Suffolk Street)

Tuesday June 7th FONT at Vision - Abrons Art Center (466 Grand Street)

Wednesday thru Sunday, June 12th at Abrons Art Center (466 Grand Street)

Friday, June 10th & Saturday, June 11th at Clemente Soto Velez

Friday, June 10th FREE Out Doors at Campos Plaza near (611 East 13 Street)

TICKETS:

Abrons Admission: $30 per day / $20 students & seniors

Festival Passes are $140

URL:

www.visionfestival.org or call (212) 254-5420

New York, NY – Arts for Art announces the 16th annual Vision Festival, New York’s premiere multidisciplinary celebration of creative jazz, dance, poetry and visual arts. It will run from Monday June 6th to Sunday June 12th at the Abrons Art Center (466 Grand Street), a venue dedicated to the presentation of innovative artists. Afternoon performances, as well as after hours conductions, will take place at Clemente Soto Velez (107 Suffolk Street). Arts for Art will present more than 40 events in total, including innovative music and dance performances, poetry readings, visual art exhibitions.

On Wednesday, June 8th, we celebrate a lifetime of achievement by the great saxophone and clarinet player, Peter Brötzmann. First European musician to be honored at the Vision Festival, Peter Brötzmann has been a leading voice in the Creative Jazz field for more than forty years. We are delighted to present his duo with drummer Hamid Drake, his quintet with Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Kent Kessler and Hamid Drake and his quartet with Joe McPhee, Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits. Evan Parker/ Matthew Shipp Jen Shyu

This year’s highlights include performances by the great saxophonist David S. Ware and pianist Cooper-Moore, as well as Jazz legend Kidd Jordan. The Vision Festival will also present concerts with Swedish saxophone player John Tchicai, . On Saturday, June 11th, a tribute will be paid to Marion Brown with Ahmed Abdullah, Billy Bang, Andrew Cyrille, Hamiet Bluiett, Bob Stewart and D.D. Jackson. For the first time AFA has invited another non-profit presenter to present one night at the Vision Festival. This Year the Festival of New Trumpet will curate Tuesday, June 7 at the Vision Festival!

About Arts for Art and the Vision Festival:

Arts For Art, Inc. (AFA) is a multi-cultural organization that presents avantJazz music, dance, multi-media performances, spoken word and visual arts. AFA programs build understanding of creative jazz and related expressive movements through outreach and educational initiatives, which strengthen the ties of community amongst artists and public.

From the beginning, AFA has carried a clear message of social awareness. The very institution of AFA is a political act of self-determination holding to the belief that art moves people and that to move people is a powerful political act.

A tenet of AFA is its unrelenting commitment to the strength of NYC’s evolving artistic community expressed through the quality and diversity of our programming, which is essentially multi-cultural and multi-ethnic.

AFA strives to make its events accessible to a broad economic audience base with reasonable ticket prices. AFA has added a Free performance, as well as offering discount tickets and some complimentary tickets for students, seniors and economically deprived. Finally, AFA’s programming initiatives focus on strengthening the creative arts at a local level so that it reflects both a community’s aspirations and an understanding for issues affecting artists.

MORE INFO AT

www.visionfestival.org

Long Live Peter Brotzmann

Especially June 8th is going to be a very special night