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Vision Festival 2019

By Luciano Rossetti
August 21, 2019
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Photos from Vision Jazz Festival 2019 held in New York from June 11 to 16. This year's festival was dedicated to Andrew Cyrille and featured

Milford Graves

drums
1940 - 2021

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Kidd Jordan

saxophone
1935 - 2023

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Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

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Peter Brötzmann

woodwinds
1941 - 2023

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Marc Ribot

guitar
b.1954

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William Parker

bass
b.1952

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Hamid Drake

drums
b.1955

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Yoshiko Chuma

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Melvin Gibbs

bass

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Jemeel Moondoc

saxophone, alto
b.1951

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Marty Ehrlich

woodwinds
b.1955

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Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

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Rob Brown

saxophone, alto
b.1962

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Steve Swell

trombone
b.1954

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Kris Davis

piano
b.1980

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Jeff Tain Watts

drums
b.1960

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Darius Jones

saxophone, alto

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David Virelles

piano
b.1983

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Patricia Nicholson Parker

vocals

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James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

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Jaimie Branch

trumpet
1983 - 2022

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Douglas R. Ewart

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Mark Feldman

violin

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Thomas Sayers Ellis

poet / spoken word

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Andrew Cyrille - Peter Brotzmann

Andrew Cyrille - Milford Graves

Shahzad Ismaily - Milford Graves

Quincy Troupe - Henry Threadgill

Kidd Jordan - Patricia Nicholson

David Pleasant - Jason Kao Hwang - On Ka'a Davis

Alto Gladness Tribute to Cecil Taylor - Dave Sewelson

Graham Haynes - James Brandon Lewis

Graham Haynes - Melvin Gibbs - James Brandon Lewis

Kirk Knuffke - Fred Lomberg-Holm

Semel Moondoc - Idris Ackamoor

Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks

Marty Ehrlich's Trio Exaltation

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