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Joe McPheeA lifetime of achievement

June 11 - 17, 2012ROULETTE, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn

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I met Joe in the late ‘60s when change was in the air. Revolution! Black Power! Black Music! Joe was teaching an adjunct class for Vas-sar College on black music, play-ing when and wherever he could, and slowly having his soul eroded working for a local manufacturer. He had just recorded his first LP for CJR, Underground Railroad and played on Clifford Thornton’s ‘Freedom and Unity’. Obviously ra-cially aware, for him it was always a positive force, never negative or exclusionary. He was a fixture in the Sunday jams on Poughkeep-sie’s lower Main Street, and would play with anyone who showed. And I do mean with: no battles, just music. My introduction to a couple of his dominant traits, an absolute fearlessness and a commitment to making music. He would, and will, play with anybody, anywhere. Solo? “Sure, I’ll stand up there alone, tear myself open, and blow you away.” And one night, maybe mid-‘80s, in a concert in a Seattle suburb, we watched him play a duet with himself, blowing into an

open grand piano and respond-ing to the harmonics it produced. Absofreakinlutely fearless. And breathtakingly beautiful. In the mid ‘70s he discovered Europe, and Europe discovered him. He’s gone from worrying about cramming ev-erything into an unreliable car to worrying about airline schedules. Budapest, Lisbon, London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Lithu-ania, and dozens of towns and villages you’ve never heard of. Steve Lacy, Jimmy Guiffre, Ray-

A Lifetime of Achievements

mond Boni, André Jaume, Michael Bisio, and hundreds you’ve never heard of. Anyone, anywhere. Has he changed over time? Sure, but always with a firm voice, his own. And always, always making music.

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Technical staffBill TolesDon JacobsNobu AwataZak Sherzad

Arts for Art StaffPatricia N. ParkerAdam ZanoliniBruno BenzrihemVictor Charpiat (design)

Board of directors

Patricia AliHon. Maria AriasJo Wood BrownHal ConnollyWhit Dickey Pete DragottaJudy GageDavid KreuterPatricia N.ParkerWilliam ParkerMike TrzcianowskiPatricia Wilkins

3 Venues / 7 days

June 11 - 17 @ Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

June 12 - Midnight conductions@ Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk St

June 14 - Free Concert@ Campos Plaza Playground,13th Street between Avenue A & B

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$30 / night | $20 / night for stu-dents & seniors at the door only$170 / 7-night pass to Roulette$270 / VIP 7-night pass, preferred seating, free entrance to CSV$10 at the door only - June 12, Late Night Conductions @ CSV$15 at the door only - June 16, Music of the Future @ Roulette

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Acknowledgements

We thank all the artists who come together to share their visions, to be a bright light. Every creative act is a stand against that which would desensitize.

Arts for Art appreciates the generous support of the Jacob and Ruth Epstein Foundation, the Phaedrus Foundation, the New York Community Trust, John Schiek, the New Hampshire Chari-table Trust, Whit Dickey and Family, Josh Roseman and Srinija Srinivasan.

We thank City Council Member Rosie Mendez. This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a State Agency. This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Arts for Art’s presentation of Kneebody is supported by Presenting Jazz, a program of Chamber Music America funded through the gener-osity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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At VISION we celebrate legendary musicians, the youth, and those in the middle of their careers. We present multi-disciplinary performances, visual arts, and panel discussions.The Future of Music is students per-forming their own music. Vision also means Free concerts at NYCHA’s Campos Plaza Development

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EVOLVING SERIES is AFA’s important weekly showcase for original music. IN GARDENS features FREE perfor-mances in community gardens.

VISION COLLABORATIONS brings collaborative performances of dance, music and art. MUSIC IS MINE After-school pro-gram, brings complex music to an underserved population at Campos Plaza.

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Freedom used to have a ring to it -Like when women won the right to vote- Or when ‘we shall overcome’ rang out and Black-America stood up and faced prison - or death - for what was their right. When Chinese-Americans won the right to run more than a Laundromat.And Japanese-Americans finally came back from internment camps.Where Native Americans / the first Americans - were no longer hunted down - but hard won – a few of the rights that others take for granted.Some stood up in the face of fear and choose Freedom.And Freedom felt more exhilarating than the first day of summer.Then Freedom had a Ring to it -And music rang out with power and insistence…Like Justice for All – pnparker

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8.00 pmDUNMALL SHIPP MORRIS CLEAVER

7.00 pmKneebody /monome

Paul Dunmall reedsMatthew Shipp p Joe Morris bGerald Cleaver d

Adam Benjamin keyShane Endsley tptBen Wendel sKaveh Rastegar bNate Wood d

9.15 pmsharp / morrisElliott Sharp gTracie Morris voc

1110.15 pmmark dresser quintet

Rudresh Mahanthappa asMichael Dessen tbDenman Maroney pMark Dresser bMichael Sarin d

Opening night

6.30 pmopeninginvocation

Patricia Nicholson vocFay Victor vocKyoko Kitamura vocWilliam Parker bHamid Drake dGerald Cleaver d

Video artist: Phyllis Bulkhin-Lehrer

12AUM FIDELITY15th Anniversary Celebration

8.00 pmfarmersby nature

Craig Taborn pWilliam Parker bGerald Cleaver d

9.00 pmdarius jonesquartetDarius Jones asMatt Mitchell pTrevor Dunn bChes Smith d

10.00 pmin orderto survive

Rob Brown asLewis Barnes tptCooper-Moore pWilliam Parker bHamid Drake d

midnightafter hours@ CSV, 107 Suffolk St.The Sound Band conducted by Jemeel Moondoc

7.00 pmeri yamamotosolo pianoEri Yamamoto p

Visual artist: Jeff Schlanger

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7.00 pmjoe mcphee /ANGELS, DEVILS & HAINTS II

Joe McPhee hornsSteve Swell hornsRoy Campbell hornsJoe Giardullo hornsRosie Hertlein vlnMichael Bisio bDominic Duval bHilliard Greene bWilliam Parker bWarren Smith percJay Rosen perc

8.30 pmsonny simons ensemble

Sonny Simons asThomas Bellier el-gWilliam Parker bWarren Smith d

10.00 pmthe thing +JOE mcphee

Joe McPhee sax, tpMats Gustafsson tsIngebrigt Håker Flaten bPaal Nilssen-Love d

9.30 pmjason jordan /knocknock4 dancers & Joe McPhee

Visual artist: Jeff Schlanger musicWitness®

7.00 pmeternal unity

Sabir Mateen reedsDave Burrell pWilliam Parker bWilliam Hooker d

8.00 pmdangerous women / moving soundPatricia Nicholson danceConnie Crothers p14

5.00 pmpanelfree jazz / free music / why then? why now?

9.00 pmivo perelmantrio

Ivo Perelman saxMichael Bisio bWhit Dickey d

10.00 pmhamid drakeensemble

Jeb Bishop tbPasquale Mira vibJeff Parker gJoshua Abrams bHamid Drake d

Multi-media artists:Jo Wood- BrownMiriam Parker

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5.00 pmthe mysteryensemble

Kidd Jordan saxJean Carla Rodea vocWilliam Parker bCooper-Moore percHamid Drake d

4.00 pmpoets speak /tribes gatheringPeace Poets: Luke Nephew Frank LopezEmanuel CandelarioFrantz JeromeTribes Poets: Edwin TorresLatasha Diggs Sheila Maldonado Nancy Mercado

3.00 pmchildren ofmusic is mine

Accompanied by Jean Carla Rodea, WilliamParker, and Cooper-Moore.

Making music available to all. AFA began a music program “Music is Mine” in partnership with NYC Housing Authority, taught by Carla Rodea & William Parker.

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7.00 pmsheila jordan & jay claytonbebop to freebopSheila Jordan vocJay Clayton vocJack Wilkins gCameron Brown b

8.00 pmyoshiko chuma

Yoshiko Chuma dance

8.30 pmroy campbell /ehran elisha

Roy Campbell tptEhran Elisha d

9.30 pmhenry grimes /wadada leo smith

Wadada Leo Smith tptHenry Grimes vln, b

10.30 pmdear freedom suiteJun Miyake sax, flSanti Debriano bPheeroan akLaff percAmiri Baraka words

Multi-media artists:Jo Wood- BrownMiriam Parker

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7.00 pmoh, solo

Rachel Bernsen dance

7.30 pmsteve swellquintet

Steve Swell tbRob Brown asChris Forbes pHilliard Greene bMichael T.A. Thompson d

8.30 pmpremiere

Joëlle Léandre bNicole Mitchell flThomas Buckner voc

9.30 pmtrio 3

Oliver Lake saxReggie Workman bAndrew Cyrille d

10.30 pmjason kao hwangburning bridgeJason Kao Hwang vlnTaylor Ho Bynum corSteve Swell tbSun Li pipaWang Guowei erhuKen Filiano bAndrew Dury d

Live video art: Paul Clay

3.00 pmthe next generation: timeTom Zlabinger, York Col-lege Creative EnsembleNicole Federici, Sonic Smithy / Jeff Lederer, Brooklyn Frontiers High School / Claire Daly, Litchfield Jazz Combo

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4.00 pmfreedom for sale - poets & prophets

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Ingrid Laubrock sMary Halvorson gKris Davies pJohn Hébert bTom Rainey d

7.00 pmburnt sugarholy ghost&fireGreg “Ionman” Tate cond.Lisala, Abby Dobson,Mikel Banks voc Lewis “Flip” Barnes tptMicah Gaugh asV. Jeffery Smith tsAvram Fefer tsPaula Henderson barDave Smith tbAndré Lassalle, Ben Tyree,Bruce Mack gJason DiMatteo ac-bJared M. Nickerson el-bLaFrae Sci d

9.30 pmkidd jordanquintetKidd Jordan tsCharles Gayle ts, pJ.D. Parran barWilliam Parker bHamid Drake d

Amiri Baraka Ewuare X. OsayandeOther panelists TBA

Live video art: Paul Clay

8.30 pmbrown / levinRob Brown asDaniel Levin cello

8.00 pmjason jordan solo dance

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