MONDAY MAY 18
7:00 pm opening invocation: JOSEPH JARMAN
7:30 pm Dance: ELAINE SHIPMAN w/ ROB BROWN
8:15 pm ANDREA PARKINS * JIM BLACK Duo
9:15 pm JOSEPH JARMAN ENSEMBLE * Myra Melford * Rob Garcia
10:15 pm PARAPHRASE * Tim Berne * Drew Gress * Tom Rainey
11:15 pm FRANK LOWE QUINTET * Bertha Hope * Jack Walrath *
Walter Perkins * Walter Booker
Reggie Workman Ensemble, 1997 Vision Festival
TUESDAY MAY 19
7:00 pm Poet: EVE PACKER w/ WILBER MORRIS
7:30 pm ELLEN CHRISTI & ALIENS TALK * Luigi Archetti * Claudio Lodati * Ian Schlegel
8:15 pm Dance: KJ HOLMES w/ ROY CAMPBELL
9:15 pm UNTEMPERED ENSEMBLE * Warren Smith * Bill Cole * William Parker * Cooper-Moore *Joseph Daley * Sam Furnace * Atticus S. Cole
10:00 pm RASHIED ALI'S PRIMA MATERIA * Louie Belogenis * Allen Chase
Wilber Morris * Joe Gallant
11:00 pm CHARLES GAYLE SOLO
Matthew Shipp, 1997 Vision Festival
WEDNESDAY MAY 20
7:00 pm Dance: MARIA MITCHELL w/ MARION BROWN8 Nioka Workmen * Deborah Day
7:45 pm BILLY BANG & KAHIL EL'ZABAR
8:45 pm COOPER-MOORE ENSEMBLE * Assif Tsahar * Susie Ibarra * Tiye Giraud
9:45 pm JEMEEL MOONDOC QUINTET * Roy Campbell * William Parker
Rashid Bakr * Zane Massey
10:45 pm CARLOS WARD'S RADIUS * Andy Milne * Essiet Essiet * Mark Prince
11:45 pm Poet SHIRLEY LeFLORE * J.D. PARRAN'S SPIRITSTAGE
Stephen Haynes * Hill Green * Warren Smith * Joan Bouise * Kelvyn Bell
THURSDAY MAY 21
7:00 pm Dance: MICKEY DAVIDSON w/ NEWMAN BAKER
7:45 pm GOLD SPARKLE BAND * Charles Waters * Roger Ruzow
Chris Riggenbach * Andrew Barker
8:45 pm JOE MORRIS TRIO * Nate McBride * Jerome Dupree
9:45 pm Poet: AMIRI BARAKA w/ HERBIE MORGAN
10:30 pm WILLIAM HOOKER TRIO * Lewis Barnes * Charles Compo
11:30 pm BAIKIDA CARROLL * Erika Lindsey * Reggie Workman
Pheeroan Aklaff
Reggie Workman, 1997 Vision Festival
FRIDAY MAY 22
7:00 pm MARK WHITECAGE AND LIQUID TIME * Michael Jeffry Stevens * Joe Fonda * Harvey Sorgen
8:00 pm Poet: LOUIS REYES RIVERA * Lenard Hebert * Choqui Cantlo
8:45 pm JASON KAO HWANG FAR EAST SIDE BAND * Sang-Won Park * Joe Daley * Santo Takeishi
9:45 pm THOMAS BUCKNER * ROSCOE MITCHELL * * BORAH BERGMAN
10:30 pm Dance: PATRICIA NICHOLSON w/ JOSEPH JARMAN
11:15pm DAVID S. WARE QUARTET * Matthew Shipp * William Parker * Susie Ibarra
12:15 pm WHIT DICKEY TRIO * Rob Brown * Chris Lightcap
TEST, at Astor Place in 1997
SATURDAY MAY 23
7:00 pm Dance: GUS SOLOMONS w/ JASON KAO HWANG
7:45 pm Poet: STEVE DALACHINSKY
8:30 pm TEST * Tom Bruno * Daniel Carter * Matthew Heyner * Sabir Mateen
9:30 pm MILFORD GRAVES * KIDD JORDAN * CHARLES GAYLE * WILLIAM PARKER
10:30 pm ROB BROWN QUARTET * Roy Campbell Jr. * Jackson Krall * Chris Lightcap
11:30 pm OTHER DIMENSIONS IN MUSIC * Roy Campbell Jr * Daniel Carter
William Parker * Rashid Bakr
12:30 am PETER KOWALD * JIN HI KIM * Gunda Gottschalk * Xu Feng Xia
SUNDAY MAY 24
7:00 pm Dance: LEENA CONQUEST
7:45 pm WILLIAM PARKER'S LITTLE HUEY CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA
Lewis Barnes * Rob Brown * Roy Campbell * Marco Eneidi *Darryl Foster * Dave Hofstra * Susie Ibarra * Chris Jonas *Masahiko Kono * Alex Lodico * Dave Sewelson * Assif Tsahar
8:45 pm JOE McPHEE * Jay Rosen * Dominic Duvall
9:45 pm MATTHEW SHIPP * WILLIAM PARKER
10:45 pm JAKI BYARD SOLO
11:45 pm ASSIF TSAHAR & SUSIE IBARRA * Peter Kowald * William Parker
Trio Hurricane, 1997 Vision Festival - Glenn Spearman, William Parker & Paul Murphy
MONDAY MAY 25: A TRIBUTE TO JIMMY LYONS
The shape of jazz would not be the same without Jimmy Lyons, the alto saxophonist whose intellect and passion was at the core of the revolutionary music of the avant-garde. He was born on December 31, 1931. He began in 1961 25 uninterrupted years of collaboration with Cecil Taylor. However efficient and successful this collaboration was, it led a large audience to appreciate him as a sideman only, neglecting the individual Afro-American music that was his own. He died an untimely death on May 19, 1986.
This year, the Vision Festival will present a Tribute to Jimmy Lyons on our final night, Monday May 25. Featured on this program are players who worked very closely with Jimmy during his time here. The evening will close with a special Jimmy Lyons Memorial Big Band performance of his composition, "Something Is The Matter."
7:00 pm Poet: STEVE CANNON
7:45 pm ANDREW CYRILLE SOLO
8:30 pm KAREN BORCA QUARTET / TRIO * Rob Brown * Susie Ibarra 8 William Parker * Paul Murphy
* Karen will be playing in quartet with Rob, Susie and William; there will also be a special trio piece with William and Paul, as these three worked with Jimmy as a group.
9:30 pm RAPHE MALIK - Glenn Spearman * William Parker *Paul Murphy * Jere Carroll
10:30 pm JIMMY LYONS BIG BAND * Karen Borca * Arthur Brooks * Rob Brown *Roy Cambell * Will Connell * Marco Eneidi * John Hagen * Jeff Hoyer * Jackson Krall * Glynis Lomon * Sabir Mateen * William Parker * Lisa Sokolov
More information on the VISION Festival can be found at The Aum Fidelity web site, and more information at
Mark Minsker's Geocities site
Here are some more photos and information from last year's Second Annual Vision Festival
 | William Parker |
 | David S. Ware performing with his quartet, with Matthew Shipp - piano, William Parker - bass, and Susie Ibarra - drums. |
The Vision Festival was held in New York from May 27th to June 1st. Bassist William Parker led his powerful Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra and anchored various other ensembles at the six days of progressive music, dance, poetry, visual art, and master classes. This ambitious event was presented by Arts For Art, which included Parker and his wife, dancer Patricia Nicholson, as prominent organizers. The line-up was a list of the most creative and progressive artists available, and included Joseph Jarman; Milford Graves; David S. Ware Quartet; Trio Hurricane with Glenn Spearman, Paul Murphy & William Parker; Reggie Workman; John Zorn; Thurston Moore; Joe Maneri; Susie Ibarra; Charles Gayle; Rashied Ali; Ivo Perelman; Mark Dresser; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Lou Grassi; Burton Greene; Perry Robinson; Butch Morris; Matthew Shipp; Daniel Berrigan; Amiri Baraka; and many others.
The festival did not draw the size audience befitting the array of talented creative artists presented. I know there are many potential listeners who would be very pleased to hear these artists. Tell your friends, and let's all get out to the festival in 1998.
