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Grimes Times! Henry Grimes Times! June, 2O12
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 Henry Grimes, photo by Dave Kaufman; Wadada Leo Smith, photo by Scott Groller
Saturday, June 15th, 9:3O p.m: Henry Grimes and Wadada Leo Smith, concert entitled "We Forward in This Generation / Triumphantly" from a line in Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" ("this generation" being two great musicians in their 7Os), Vision Festival 17 at Roulette, 5O9 Atlantic Ave. / 28 Third Ave. in downtown Brooklyn, NY, 212-254-542O, 718-875-119O, a 5-minute walk from the Flatbush Ave. transit hub (2, 3, 4, 5, B, C, D, G, M, N, Q, R trains or L.I.R.R.), http://artsforart.org/event/visionfestival17/schedule, http://roulette.org/comm_events/vision-festival-5,\info@visionfestival.org. Tickets are $35/day ($3O in advance), $2O students and elders, $17O for a festival pass. NOTE: This great festival runs from Monday, June 11th through Sunday, June 17th and also includes Amiri Baraka, Dave Burrell, Jay Clayton, Connie Crothers, Andrew Cyrille, Hamid Drake, Mark Dresser, Paul Dunmall, Charles Gayle, Mary Halvorson, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Sheila Jordan, Oliver Lake, Joelle Leandre, Nicole Mitchell, Tracie Morris, William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Sonny Simmons, Warren Smith, Craig Taborn, Edwin Torres, Reggie Workman, and many others too numerous to mention here.
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 Marc Ribot Trio, L-R: Henry Grimes, Chad Taylor, Marc Ribot, photo by Maarten Jan Rieder
Tuesday-Sunday, June 26th-July 1st, sets at 9 & 11: Marc Ribot Trio w/ Henry Grimes & Chad Taylor, the Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave. South at 11th St., 212-255-4O37, www.villagevanguard.com/html/schedule.html, info@villagevanguard.net. Tickets $25 plus one-drink minimum per set. Take 1, 9, 2, or 3 train to 14th St., or your choice of several area buses. NOTE: The last time Henry Grimes played at the Village Vanguard was in 1966 in Albert Ayler's group, w/ Albert and Donald Ayler, Call Cobbs, Michel Samson, Bill Folwell, and Beaver Harris, a date set up by John Coltrane in support of Albert Ayler, whom he very much admired, and the recording from that date was also set up by John Coltrane, and Mr. Coltrane was in the audience! The recording is still available today on Impulse! as "The Village Concerts" and on GRP/Impulse! on CD as "Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings.")
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WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US !
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