Home » Events » Vision Festival 18 | Opening Night | Celebrate Milford Graves: A Life-Time of Achievement

Vision Festival 18 | Opening Night | Celebrate Milford Graves: A Life-Time of Achievement

Loading Map....

Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/12/2013
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Location
Roulette

Category(ies)

Add This Event to Your Calendar


Vision Festival 18 – Improvisation / Freedom / Revolution – opens with a celebration of drummer/percussionist Milford Graves, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, with 3 performances highlighting Graves’ extraordinary career, from his Afro/Cuban roots to stellar sets by Transition Trio and NY HeART Ensemble, featuring Amiri Baraka.

  • 7pm: Afro/Cuban Roots

Milford Graves – drums, percussion
David Virelles – acoustic piano
Román Díaz – percussions (congas, batá drums, añá), vocals
Dezron Douglas – acoustic bass
Román Filiú – alto saxophone

  • 8:30pm: Milford Graves Transition Trio

Milford Graves – drums, percussion
D.D. Jackson – piano
Kidd Jordan – tenor saxophone

  • 10pm: Milford Graves NY HeArt Ensemble

Milford Graves – drums, percussion
Charles Gayle – tenor saxophone
William Parker – bass
Roswell Rudd – trombone
Amiri Baraka – poetry

Tickets

– Buy Online –

$270.00 VIP Festival Pass | Preferred seating, Free T-shirt, + other special TBA

$140.00 Festival Pass | Grants access to the whole festival.

$30.00 Advanced Daily Ticket

$30.00 Door (per day)

$20.00 Students and Seniors

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.