William Parker’s Jeanne Lee Project | Vision Festival 8

On May 26, 2003, Arts for Art presented a memorial day tribute to singer Jeanne Lee at the 8th annual Vision Festival. Lee, who died in 2000, was a pioneering jazz vocalist with a wide range of styles spanning the traditional to the avant-garde.
The closing performance of the evening was by William Parker’s Jeanne Lee Project, notably featuring bassist Henry Grimes in one of his first appearances since returning to the public eye after a 30 year absence.
This performance was recorded and released on the CD+DVD Set VISION Volume 3, fully produced and published by Arts for Art. This set is available to purchase through Aum Fidelity here:
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Voices: Thomas Buckner, Ellen Christi, Jay Clayton, Lisa Sokolov
Saxophones: Rob Brown, Henry Warner, Richard Keene
Trumpet: Lewis Barnes
Tuba: Joe Daley
Violin: Billy Bang
Piano: Cooper-Moore
Bass: Henry Grimes, Nick Rosen
Percussion: William Parker, Omar Payano, Isaiah Parker
Drums: Newman Taylor-Baker
Filmed and recorded May 26, 2003 for AFA Vision Festival 8 at Mulberry Arts Center, NYC.
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William Parker is a bassist, improviser, composer, writer, and educator from New York City, heralded by The Village Voice as, “the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time.” In addition to recording over 150 albums, he has published six books and taught and mentored hundreds of young musicians and artists. www.williampark...
Jeanne Lee combines acrobatic vocal maneuvers with a deeply moving sound and quality that allows her to alternate between soaring, upper register flights and piercing, emotive interpretations. She's extremely precise and flexible, and moves from a song or solo's top end to its middle and bottom accompanying an instrument with a stunning ease. Though many critics have cited Lee as creating free jazz's most innovative vocal approach, she's done very little recording. She's best-known for her many sessions with Gunther Hampel. Lee also recorded with Archie Shepp, Sunny Murray, and Hampel in the late '60s, and with Marion Brown, Anthony Braxton, Enrico Rava, and Andrew Cyrille in the '70s, while also working with Cecil Taylor. She began composing extensively in the '80s and began concentrating on performing her original material, which frequently included poetic and dance components. In 2000, Lee faced colon cancer without medical insurance. Some months after surgery, creative music lost a great voice.
Audio recorded, mastered, and mixed by Don Jacobs and Stefan Heger. Video Recorded by Alan Roth, Arts For Art, Brian Carpenter, Michael Lucio Sternbach, Robert O'Haire. Video edited by Moon Lasso and Zak Sherzad.
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[@miahansford]

Billy! And everyone!! This is gorgeous

[@brotzmannsax]

The late, great Billy Bang, what a solo! He was getting pushed by William and those lovely voices of Lisa and Ellen, fantastic!

[@rickmathis8590]

Oh, yeah! Magic! 😎