Also my 4th: 26 events. Lots of great music, for sure. Always is.
Favorites in BOLD
*Special shout out for Zorn's Cobra - an INSANE improvised mash-up of noise and fun. He did a similar, but smaller show to end last year's festival, too
THURSDAY
Yarn/Wire
King Britt - Presents “Moksha Black" cellist Seth Parker Woods bassoonist Joy Guidry Tyshawn Sorey
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet Ava Mendoza Shane Parish Wendy Eisenberg
Vijay Iyer Linda May Han Oh Tyshawn Sorey
FRIDAY
William Parker (Essential Tremors interview)
Britt/Sorey discussion
Gatos do Sul Brian Marsella Cyro Baptista, Tim Keiper, Jon Irabagon Jorge Roeder, Felipe Hostins, John Lee, Itai Kriss
Mary Halvorson Amaryllis trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, bassist Nick Dunston, trombonist Jacob Garchik, and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan
Mary Halvorson Belladonna Mivos Quartet
Ava Mendoza Sue-C (light show)
Pino Palladino/Blake Mills Sam Grendel Abe Rounds
William Parker - In Order to Survive Patricia Nicholson Rob Brown Cooper-Moore Gerald Cleaver Taylor Ho Bayum
SATURDAY
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Jack Quartet - Music of Catherine Lamb
Bill Orcutt/Chris Corsano Duo
William Parker Mayan Space Station Ava Mendoza Gerald Cleaver
Trio Imagination Andrew Cyrille Reggie Workman David Virelles
Sun Ra Arkestra Marshall Allen
James "Blood" Ulmer Mark Peterson Grant Calvin Weston
Cécile McLorin Salvant Sullivan Fortner Marvin Sewell Keita Ogawa
SUNDAY
Lonnie Holley All-Star Band James Brandon Lewis Shahzad Ismaily [+others]
Wadada Leo Smith Ashley Walters, cello Erika Dohi, piano Pheeroan akLaff, drums
James Brandon Lewis Trio Josh Warner Chad Taylor
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante
Sona Jobarteh
John Zorn: Cobra | mary halvorson,wendy eisenberg, will greene - guitar brian marsella, piano john medeski, organ mike nicolas, cello trevor dunn, acoustic bass simon hanes, electric bass sae hashimoto, percussion & vibes ches smith, aaron edgcomb, kenny wollesen - drums john zorn, prompter