Tonic @ Vision April 15, 2007

Vision Tonic

Time: sets at 7:30pm and 9:30pm
Place: Clemente Soto Velez LES Gallery
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY - one block east of Tonic!
F or J,M,Z to Delancey-Essex Street

Tickets: $10 per set / one drink minimum

Arts for Art responds to the closing of Tonic with a concert series based on Tonic’s cancellations. On seven nights in April and May, musicians who were scheduled to play at Tonic, will now be playing one block east, at the Clemente Soto Velez LES Gallery. The number of venues where this music is consistently presented in Manhattan is deteriorating to a dangerous low. Arts for Art and the Vision Festival will be working with CSV to address this issue by hosting these concerts, as well as seeking a way to continue to present this music on a regular basis. The April schedule follows, and the May concerts will be announced soon. It is imperative to have places where artists of this caliber can be heard in Manhattan on a regular basis. These performances are funded in part by a John Zorn benefit performance.

Sunday April 15
7:30pm The Voltage Spooks Trio
Keith Rowe, Michael Haleta and Rick Reed

9:30pm Zeena Parkins and Wobbly

Tuesday April 17
7:30pm The Thing
Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love

9:30pm Desiring-Machines with special guests
Joe McPhee & Dominic Duval plus
Clifton Hyde, Paul Hartsaw and Jerome Bryerton

Wednesday April 18
(no 7:30pm set)
9:30pm Oliver Lake and Eugene Chadbourne

Sunday April 22
7:30pm Nasheet Waits and Friends
9:30pm Steve Beresford with Aki Onda, Ellery Eskelin, Shelley Burgon and Shanir Blumenkranz

Official Website: http://www.visionfestival.org