Downtown, a Durable Vision of Jazz

The Wall Street Journal interviews the Parkers on the upcoming Vision Festival.

He, a bassist and bandleader, and she, a dancer and choreographer, have devoted equal dedication to the Vision Festival, which begins its 15th season in downtown Manhattan on Sunday. It’s a parallel story.

This year, through 75 events at seven venues (none above Houston Street), the festival reaffirms its status as this country’s essential gathering of avant-garde improvising musicians—yet that description is neither entirely accurate nor complete. Any given four hours at the Abrons Arts Center, the festival’s primary venue from June 23 to 29, ranges wildly in sound and texture.

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