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The Vision Festival is an annual internationally-acclaimed festival in New York City that celebrates Black Multicultural Improvised Creative Arts. It showcases experimental music, dance, poetry, and visual arts with a strong emphasis on improvisation.
Featuring
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophones
Jon Irabagon – saxophones
Zeena Parkins – harp
Tom Rainey - drums
“Monochromes” are pre recorded, extremely layered tape pieces that act as a base for improvisation. I invited three of my favorite musicians —Zeena Parkins, Jon Irabagon and Tom Rainey— to join me in
interacting and reflecting on the pieces as well as connect them through improvisation.
2020 was the strangest year —seemingly endless, disconcerting and full of anxiety. As we musicians
had the rug of our existence pulled from underneath us, I found there was also an opening for reflection and learning. These pieces stem from my explorations into a more technological realm than where I usually live. I couldn't play for real with Nate Wooley and Adam Matlock, who provided the trumpet and accordion sounds on two of the Monochromes, so I brought them into my home and sculpted pieces out of their sounds.
The pandemic highlighted worldwide inequality over and over again and I am hopeful that the forced
pausing and reflecting we did as individuals, cities and nations will bring much needed change concerning inequalities of all kinds." - Ingrid Laubrock
Arts for Art is a New York City-based, non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting and advancing multicultural improvised creative arts, particularly African-American indigenous art forms, through music, dance, poetry, and visual arts, with a focus on improvisation and free jazz.
Thank you for your support.
The Vision Festival is an annual internationally-acclaimed festival in New York City that celebrates Black Multicultural Improvised Creative Arts. It showcases experimental music, dance, poetry, and visual arts with a strong emphasis on improvisation.
Featuring
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophones
Jon Irabagon – saxophones
Zeena Parkins – harp
Tom Rainey - drums
“Monochromes” are pre recorded, extremely layered tape pieces that act as a base for improvisation. I invited three of my favorite musicians —Zeena Parkins, Jon Irabagon and Tom Rainey— to join me in
interacting and reflecting on the pieces as well as connect them through improvisation.
2020 was the strangest year —seemingly endless, disconcerting and full of anxiety. As we musicians
had the rug of our existence pulled from underneath us, I found there was also an opening for reflection and learning. These pieces stem from my explorations into a more technological realm than where I usually live. I couldn't play for real with Nate Wooley and Adam Matlock, who provided the trumpet and accordion sounds on two of the Monochromes, so I brought them into my home and sculpted pieces out of their sounds.
The pandemic highlighted worldwide inequality over and over again and I am hopeful that the forced
pausing and reflecting we did as individuals, cities and nations will bring much needed change concerning inequalities of all kinds." - Ingrid Laubrock
Arts for Art is a New York City-based, non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting and advancing multicultural improvised creative arts, particularly African-American indigenous art forms, through music, dance, poetry, and visual arts, with a focus on improvisation and free jazz.
Thank you for your support.
