NYC's Vision Fest XV lineup w/ Akron/Xtended/Family, more
by Andrew Frisicano
Akron Family @ Music Hall of Williamsburg in March (more by Leia Jospe)
The Vision Festival, New York’s premier Avant-Jazz festival, returns to Abrons. Now in its 15th year, the Vision Festival gathers the country’s most innovative music, art, dance, and poetry. These seven nights will transform the Abrons into a fully interactive space with art exhibitions, a site-specific venue installation ,and events occurring in multiple places simultaneously throughout the night! VF15 honors Muhal Richard Abrams for a Lifetime of Achievement, the legendary Fred Anderson, Michael Reed’s People, Places & Things Quartet, Open Loose with Mark Helias, Günter Baby Sommer & Wadada Leo Smith, David S. Ware Trio, Matthew Shipp, William Parker’s Southern Satellites, Amiri Baraka, Jayne Cortez, Guillermo E. Brown, By Any Means, Joëlle Léandre Stone Quartet, Hamid Drake, Vladimir Tarasov and a bunch of the best drummers in the U.S. paying tribute to Rashied Ali, and so much more!
Vision Fest XV unfolds over the span of 11 days this June 20th-30th at a number of downtown venues. Day passes and festival passes are both on sale.
The closing show for the festival will be Wednesday, June 30th at (Le) Poisson Rouge and will feature a special performance by Akron/Xtended/Family with bassist William Parker and percussionist Hamid Drake joining the band. Also on the bill are William Parker’s Southern Satellites and [the] slowest runner [in all the world]. Tickets are on sale now.
The Vision Fest full schedule is here. Southern Satellites opened for Akron/Family at Bowery Ballroom in March and members of the band, including trumpeter Lewis Flip Barnes and gutiarist Asim Barnes, joined Akron during their set. A video of that is posted below…
Akron/Family – “Ed Is A Portal” Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY May 6, 2009
Daniele Malvisi – William Parker – Hamid Drake – Alessandro Giachero. Parte 1
