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Wednesday June 12th, 2013 Day 1 - Milford Graves Lifetime of Achievement Award 7:30PM - 8:30PM - Afro/Cuban Roots Milford Graves - drums David Virelles - acoustic piano Román Díaz - percussions (congas, batá, drums, añá), vocals Dezron Douglas - acoustic bass Román Filiú - alto saxophone 8:30PM - 9:30PM - Transition TRIO Milford Graves - drums D.D. Jackson - piano Kidd Jordan - tenor saxophone 9:30PM - 10:30PM - NY HeART Ensemble MIlford Graves - drums Charles Gayle - tenor saxophone William Parker - bass Roswell Rudd - trombone Amiri Baraka Thursday June 13th, 2013 Day 2 7:00PM - 7:30PM - Maria Mitchell / Terry Jenoure Maria Mitchell - dance Terry Jenoure - violin 7:45PM - 8:45PM - Roy Campbell's Akhenaten Ensemble Roy Campbell - trumpet Bryan Carrott - vibes Jason Kao Hwang - violin Hilliard Greene - bass Michael Wimberly - drums 9:00PM - 10:00PM - Rob Brown's U_L Project Rob Brown - alto saxophone Joe McPhee - trumpet, saxophone Miya Masaoka - koto Mark Helias - bass Qasim Naqvi - drums 10:00PM - 11:00PM - Roscoe Mitchell Trio Roscoe Mitchell - reeds Henry Grimes - bass Tani Tabbal - drums Friday June 14th, 2013 Day 3 - A French-American Connection 7:00PM - 7:30PM - VOCAL-EASE Steve Dalachinsky - poetry Didier Petit - cello 7:30PM - 8:30PM - Bern Nix Quartet Bern Nix - guitar Francois Grillot - bass Matt Lavelle - trumpet Reggie Sylvester - drums 8:45PM - 9:45PM - East-West Collective Didier Petit - cello Sylvain Kassap - clarinets Xu Fengxia - guhzeng Larry Ochs - tenor sax Miya Masaoka - koto The East-West Collective has been made possible through the French-American Jazz Exchange, a joint program of FACE ("French American Cultural Exchange") and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, with generous funding from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique ("SACEM"), Florence Gould Foundation, and Institut Français. 10:00PM - 11:00PM - The French-American Peace Ensemble Francois Tusques - piano Louis Sclavis - clarinets Kidd Jordan - tenor sax William Parker - bass Hamid Drake - drums The East-West Collective has been made possible through the French-American Jazz Exchange, a joint program of FACE ("French American Cultural Exchange") and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, with generous funding from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique ("SACEM"), Florence Gould Foundation, and Institut Français. Saturday June 15th, 2013 Day 4 - afternoon 2:30PM - 3:00PM - York College Creative Ensemble 3:00PM - 3:30PM - Achievement First Middle School Band Day 4 - evening 7:30PM - 8:30PM - Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Brian Settles (tenor saxophone) Matt Moran (guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums, composition) 8:45PM - 9:45PM - Davis/Revis/Cyrille Kris Davis - piano Eric Revis - bass Andrew Cyrille - drums 9:45PM - 10:45PM - Simmons/Burrell Duo Sonny Simmons - alto saxophone Dave Burrell - piano 10:45PM - 11:45PM - Reggie Workman's WORKz Reggie Workman - bass Marilyn Crispell - piano Odean Pope - tenor saxophone Tapan Modak - tablas Pheeroan akLaff - drums Sunday June 16th, 2013 Day 5 - afternoon 3:00PM - 5:00PM - Panel Discussion - Building the Future of Creative Jazz 5:30PM - 6:30PM - Butch Morris' Black February A film by Vipal Monga Day 5 - evening 7:00PM - 7:30PM - Inner City - Migrations Miriam Parker - dance, choreography Jason Jordan - dance Hamid Drake - drums Jo-Wood Brown - art Robert Janz - guest visual artist 7:30PM - 8:30PM - Positive Knowledge Oleyumi Thomas - saxophone Ijeoma Thomas - voice, words Henry Grimes - bass Michael Wimberly - drums 8:30PM - 9:30PM - Hamiet Bluiett & Friends lineup TBA 9:30PM - 10:30PM - ARC Trio Mario Pavone - bass Craig Taborn - piano Gerald Cleaver - drums 10:30PM - 11:30PM - Marshall Allen & Christian McBride BASS ROOTS Marshall Allen - alto saxophone Christian McBride - bass Lee Smith - bass Howard Cooper - bass