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Arts for Art is a NYC-based nonprofit dedicated to free jazz and improvised creative arts.
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#HBD to drummer, composer, and bandleader Andrew Cyrille, born November 10, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York.
Raised in a Haitian family, Cyrille started playing drums as a child and became a disciple of Philly Joe Jones. He went on to study at Juilliard while already working on the New York jazz scene.
In 1964 he joined the Cecil Taylor Unit, where he played for about a decade and became one of the defining drummers of free jazz. His landmark drum duo recording Dialogue of the Drums (1974) with Milford Graves remains a touchstone of the music. Over the years he has performed and recorded with artists including Jimmy Lyons, Marilyn Crispell, David Murray, Irène Schweizer, and Peter Brötzmann, and with Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman as Trio 3. He has also worked extensively with dancers, poets, and visual artists.
In 2019, Arts for Art honored Andrew Cyrille with the Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement Award at Vision Festival 24, celebrating his voice on the drums and decades of contribution to creative improvised music. 🥁💛
#AndrewCyrille #freejazz #jazz #avantgarde #improvisedmusic
10 Nov 2026
Jeff Schlanger was the ultimate witness of improvised music. Night after night, he was there with a brush in each hand, finding his inspiration in the musicians and their sound.
Join us tomorrow to celebrate his life, his work, his passion.
The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street at 6:30PM
More info and free RSVP at artsforart.org
09 Nov 2026
Irreversible Entanglements at Vision Festival 2018 - recorded live at Roulette in Brooklyn.
Channeling the spirit of free jazz as a vehicle for Black liberation, featuring Camae Ayewa (@moormother), Keir Neuringer (@keirseye), Aquiles Navarro (@aquilespty), Luke Stewart (@takealukearound), and Tcheser Holmes (@bigtcheser_), offering music that both honors and defies tradition, speaking to the present while insisting on the future.
Watch the full performance on the AFA / Vision YouTube channel link in bio!
#freejazz #creativeimprovisation #avantgarde #freeimprovisation
07 Nov 2026
#HBD to multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Joe McPhee, born November 3, 1939 in Miami, Florida.
McPhee began playing trumpet at age eight, taught by his father, himself a trumpet player. Growing up in Poughkeepsie, New York, he emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in avant-garde jazz and free improvisation in the late 1960s.
Playing tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, and valve trombone, McPhee has built a career defined by emotional depth, fearless creativity, and a deep commitment to the spirit of free music. His early recordings, including Nation Time (1970), established him as a powerful and independent voice, and he has continued to record and perform prolifically alongside artists such as Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, William Parker, and Hamid Drake.
In 2012, Arts for Art honored Joe McPhee with the Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement Award at Vision Festival 17, celebrating decades of contribution to creative music and free improvisation.
Happy Birthday, Joe McPhee. 🎷💛
#JoeMcPhee #freejazz #jazz #avantgarde #improvisedmusic #visionfestival #artsforart #HappyBirthday
03 Nov 2026
Next week, I will be participating - with friends and colleagues - in a celebration of our dear friend Jeffrey Schlanger. Hope that you will join us for what will surely be a wonderful evening.
Jeff Schlanger Memorial
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Doors open at 6 PM
Program starts at 6:30 PM
The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
RSVP is encouraged
https://artsforart.org/events/jeff-schlanger-memorial/
Presented by Arts for Art and co-presented by The Clemente (The Clemente Center) and El Taller Latino Americano (El Taller Latino Americano)
#JeffSchlanger
#musicWitness
#ArtsForArt
#visionfestival
03 Nov 2026
Jeff Schlanger, the musicWitness, found one of his greatest inspirations in music. Many of us remember him painting in front of the Vision Festival stage. Jeff was also a ceramic artist, and his clay sculptures, including his wall of ceramic faces, spoke of peace, war, and music. In this video, Jeff talks about his clay work and the music behind it.
Join us on November 10 to celebrate his life, his work, his passion.
Jeff Schlanger 🌀 musicWitness
Tuesday, November 10 · Doors 6 PM · Program 6:30 PM
The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street
More info at artsforart.org
02 Nov 2026
A big #HBD to superlative trumpet / composer Raphe Malik, born Nov 1, 1948 in Cambridge, MA (d. Mar 8, 2006).
Here’s one minute of fire from Malik at the 4th Annual Vision Festival at St. Nicholas of Myra Church, May 29, 1999, NYC.
Raphe Malik blew energy from his horn, but was certainly capable of lyrical beauty as with his 1994 Quintet recording "Sirens Sweet & Slow" (Out Sounds). Malik's probably best known, however, for his late 70s recordings and performances with Cecil Taylor, eventually also recording with his Cecil-Mate Jimmy Lyons, as well as many other Jazz luminaries.
If you're less familiar with Malik's career, dig in and enjoy the ride. He left behind a legacy of about ten albums under his own name, and appears on approximately three times that many records. You're in for an amazing ride.
#freejazz #jazz #music #vinyl #avantgarde #jazzmusic #avantgardejazz #trumpet #raphemalik #malik #experimentalmusic #vinylcollection #freeimprovisation #improvisedmusic #recordcollection #nowplaying #spiritualjazz #bebop #jazzvinyl #records #vinylcollector #nowspinning #instavinyl #jazzbirthdays #happybirthday #ceciltaylor #jimmylyons
01 Nov 2026
William Parker’s *Raining on the Moon* with Leena Conquest (@leenaconquest), Eri Yamamoto (@eriyamamotojazz), Rob Brown (@robbrown8462), Steve Swell (@sdswell2001), and Hamid Drake (@drake.hamid) plus live art projections by Jeff Schlanger / musicWitness®, recorded live at Vision Festival 2024 at Roulette in Brooklyn.
Watch the full performance now on the AFA / Vision YouTube channel, and subscribe to support us!!
Join us on November 10 at The Clemente for a memorial celebrating the life and work of Jeff Schlanger.
#freejazz #visionfestival #improvisation #nycjazz
30 Oct 2026
#HBD to saxophonist, improviser, and composer Mats Gustafsson!
A major force in free improvisation and experimental music for decades, Mats has continually pushed the possibilities of the saxophone across free jazz, noise, rock, electronics, and beyond. His work includes long-running projects such as The Thing and FIRE!, alongside collaborations with artists including Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Hamid Drake, Ken Vandermark, Sonic Youth, and Neneh Cherry.
#MatsGustafsson #ArtsForArt #VisionFestival #freejazz #improvisedmusic #avantgarde
29 Oct 2026
Next month, I will be participating - with friends and colleagues - in this celebration of our dear friend Jeffrey Schlanger. Hope that you will join us for what will surely be a wonderful evening.
Jeff Schlanger Memorial
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Doors open at 6 PM
Program starts at 6:30 PM
The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
RSVP is encouraged
https://artsforart.org/events/jeff-schlanger-memorial/
Presented by Arts for Art and co-presented by @theclemente / The Clemente Center and @tallerlatino / El Taller Latino Americano
#JeffSchlanger
#musicWitness
#ArtsForArt
#visionfestival
28 Oct 2026
Since Patricia Nicholson formed the Improvisors Collective in January 1994, and through the beginnings of Arts for Art and the Vision Festival in 1996, Jeff Schlanger a.k.a. the musicWitness was an active member of our Creative Improvised Arts / FreeJazz community, both as a designer and as the musicWitness. Jeff also designed the Arts for Art logo.
If you have ever been to the Vision Festival, you have probably seen Jeff in front of the stage, drawing each set as it happened. His musicWitness paintings captured the color, movement, and intensity of the music in real time.
On Tuesday, November 10, we will come together to remember Jeff and celebrate his life and work through music, film, poetry, art, and stories.
Jeff Schlanger Memorial
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Doors 6 PM · Program 6:30 PM
The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street
Presented by Arts for Art and co-presented by The Clemente (@theclemente) and El Taller Latino Americano (@tallerlatino).
More details at artsforart.org. RSVP is encouraged.
#JeffSchlanger #musicWitness #ArtsForArt #VisionFestival
28 Oct 2026
#HBD to violinist, vocalist, composer, conductor, and improviser Mazz Swift!
A singular voice across improvised and contemporary music, Mazz’s work brings together free improvisation, African American musical traditions, electronica, protest and freedom songs, and conducted improvisation. They have performed and recorded with artists including William Parker, Butch Morris, James “Blood” Ulmer, Vernon Reid, and the Silkroad Ensemble, and have received commissions from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kronos Quartet, and International Contemporary Ensemble.
Today we celebrate Mazz with this performance from Vision Festival 20.
#MazzSwift #VisionFestival #ArtsForArt #freejazz #jazz #avantgarde #improvisedmusic
27 Oct 2026
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