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The glorious avant-jazz Vision Festival runs from Sunday, June 5th through Saturday, June 11th and honors Peter Brotzmann this year, and as always, the festival includes many great liberation musicians from all over. Some of them who will be playing (there are too many to list here) include Hamiet Bluiett, Connie Crothers, Andrew Cyrille, Ted Daniel, Henry Grimes, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Evan Parker, William Parker, Marc Ribot, Matthew Shipp, Sonny Simmons, Tyshawn Sorey, Craig Taborn, John Tchicai, David S. Ware, and many more. Here are Henry’s dates in the festival:

Friday, June 1Oth, 2O11, 1O p.m: Henry Grimes and Marc Ribot, Vision Festival at Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St. betw. Pitt & Willet St's, Manhattan (NYC) , 212-254-542O, 212-598-O4OO, ext. 22O, 212-766-92OO, http://www.visionfestival.org/schedule/visionfestival16, info@visionfestival.org, http://support.henrystreet.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AACHOME_homepage, info@henrystreet.org,  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=129618650450160, http://maps.google.com/maps?q=466+Grand+Street%2C+New+York%2C+NY+10001.  Public transportation: F train to East Broadway or Delancey St; D or B train to Grand St; J or M train to Essex St; M15 bus to Grand St; M22 bus to Montgomery St; M9 or M14 bus to Grand St; 14A bus to Pitt St.

Henry Grimes (acoustic bass, violin) and Marc Ribot (guitars) have played nearly 7O concerts together in recent years in duo, trio, and quartet settings, in 15 European countries plus Turkey and the U.S. They share an artistic and personal rapport that brings them to new musical heights each time they play. Let us give thanks.

Saturday, June 11th, 11 p.m: String orchestra led by William Parker with featured soloist and Spirit Catcher Henry Grimes playing music by Billy Bang (who left this life earlier this year), Vision Festival at Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St. betw. Pitt & Willet St's, Manhattan (NYC), 212-254-542O, 212-598-O4OO, ext. 22O, 212-766-92OO, links and public transportation as shown above. 

And later this month, Henry Grimes will be recording for the Meredith Monk remix project w/ D.J. Spooky and an all-star assemblage!...

... and much more to follow ...

T H R E E   G R E A T   N E W   R E L E A S E S   P E N D I N G !!

Scott Robinson / Marshall Allen / Pat O'Leary / Kevin Norton, and special guest Henry Grimes, recorded in concert 11/26/1O at the Stone, NYC, to be released on ScienSonic;

Roscoe Mitchell with Dave Burrell / Henry Grimes / Tani Tabbal, recorded in concert 2/17/11 at Roulette, NYC, label to be announced;

Henry Grimes / Roberto Pettinato / Tyshawn Sorey, recorded at East Side Sound, NYC 2/26/11, to be released on Sony / Argentina.

Please see http://www.henrygrimes.com/discography.html to discover 85 others already released!

N E W   H E N R Y    G R I M E S    Y O U T U B E    V I D E O S!!

Henry plays the beautiful ballad
"I'll Get By As Long as I Have You"
with Marc Ribot and Chad Taylor here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ida-I_g3Hg
(Thank you, Hank Cherry!)

Henry improvises a blazing violin solo,
with Darius Savage, Avreeayl Ra, Mars Williams, et al.,
"Violin Song for Fred Anderson," here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5VW-GQWhq
(Thank you, Zoe Pastorfield-Li!)

Henry improvises a beautiful violin solo invocation
for his dear friend Fred Anderson's 1st memorial birthday concert
at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8Q8IV21ok
(Thank you, Marie Carrier!)

Henry improvises an orchestrally vibrant solo,
" Stone Communion," on his beautiful green bass, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAEQqr0N96Y
(Thank you again, Zoe!)

Henry improvises a beautiful slow solo on his green bass, referencing the spiritual "Let My People Go,"
w/ the great Edward "Kidd" Jordan, on
Henry's 75th birthday at the Stone in NYC, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eble8QcLblc
(Thank you, Joe Chonto!)