Abrons Arts Center and other venues on the Lower East Side
466 Grand St. at Pitt St.
Sunday, June 20, through Wednesday, June 30
Admission: free – $25 (festival pass $150)
www.visionfestival.org
The 2010 Vision festival gets under way June 20, kicking off eleven days of avantjazz at venues on the Lower East Side, with the Abrons Arts Center serving as home base. Run by the nonprofit group Arts for Art, this year’s event will honor Muhal Richard Abrams, naming him Master of the Rightful Arts of Music with a special series of programs June 24 at Abrons. Each day generally takes place at a single location, beginning with poetry and music at Gathering of the Tribes on June 20, a free outdoor concert with Little Huey’s Sextet & Children and the Roy Campbell Trio on June 21 at Campos Plaza Playground, followed by the Darius Jones Trio, the Lowest Common Denominator, Crackleknob, and the Bradley Farberman Ensemble at the Local 269. Among the other shows (at Abrons unless otherwise noted) are Frank London’s Kali Krew at Drom on June 22, Rob Brown’s New Quartet on June 23, contemporary dance choreographed by Jason Jordan on June 25, 28, and 29, Amiri and Amina Baraka with Thulani Davis and others on June 26, Billy Bang’s Spirit of Sir One on June 27, a drum tribute to the late Rashied Ali on June 29, and William Parker’s Southern Satellites at (le) poisson rouge on June 30. Many evenings will also include postmidnight jam sessions at Clemente Soto Velez. In addition, Abrons will host a related multimedia art installation June 23-29.