Women With An Axe To Grind | Vision Festival 23 (2 of 2)

Patricia Nicholson - dance / Joëlle Leandre - bass / Nicole Mitchell - flute / Melanie Dyer - viola
“We 4 are Women standing strong in the Light of the Creative Spirit - passing through. We cannot stand silent in a Time of assault on Humanity, the Earth, on our brothers and sisters, on the Truth. We will never accept the lies, the pettiness, the greed, the virulent racism or sexism as normal. We live our art in open rebellion against the Big Lie. Our weapon is In-Spirit-Art.” - Patricia Nicholson
Performed and recorded on May 24, 2018 at Arts for Art Vision Festival 23, Roulette, Brooklyn.
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Patricia Nicholson’s dance is steeped in the aesthetic of freejazz with an attention to spiritual and social responsibility. Beginning with the belief that dance is the visual manifestation of sound and energy, Ms. Nicholson has developed a singular practice, one drawing from both traditional and unconventional techniques to create an eclectic yet intuitive approach to movement and composition. www.patriciani...
French double bass player, improviser and composer, Joëlle Léandre is one of the dominant figures of the new European music. Trained in orchestral as well as contemporary music, she has played with l’Itinéraire, 2e2m and Pierre Boulez’s Ensemble Intercontemporain. Joëlle Léandre has also worked with Merce Cunningham and with John Cage, who has composed especially for her - as have Scelsi, Fénelon, Hersant, Lacy, Campana, Jolas, Clementi and about 40 composers.
As well as working in contemporary music, Léandre has played with some of the great names in jazz and improvisation, such as Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Evan Parker, Irene Schweizer, William Parker, Barre Phillips, Pascal Contet, Steve Lacy, Lauren Newton, Peter Kowald, Urs Leimgruber, Mat Maneri, Roy Campbell, Fred Frith, John Zorn, Mark Naussef, Marilyn Crispell, India Cooke and many others. www.joelle-lean...
Nicole M. Mitchell is an award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator. She is perhaps best known for her work as a flutist, having developed a unique improvisational language and having been repeatedly awarded “Top Flutist of the Year” by Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association (2010-2017). Mitchell initially emerged from Chicago’s innovative music scene in the late 90s, and her music celebrates contemporary African American culture.
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Melanie Dyer is a violist who moves across free jazz, jazz, orchestral, and experimental music. Recently she performed and recorded with William Parker, Henry Grimes, Tomeka Reid, Heroes Are Gang Leaders, New Muse 4tet, Women with an Axe to Grind, and other luminous musicians in the United States, Europe, and South Africa. She founded WeFreeStrings, a string/rhythm collective rooted in creative improvisation, and plays viola in Gwen Laster’s New Muse 4tet.
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Sound by Stephen Schmidt
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