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6:30pm Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few | Isaiah Collier - saxophone / Jordan Williams - piano / Luke Stewart - bass / Tcheser Holmes - drums

7:30pm SPARKS | Eri Yamamoto – piano / William Parker – bass / Chad Fowler – saxophone / Steve Hirsh - drums

8:30pm Diaspora Meets AfroHORN | Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet / Francisco Mora Catlett - Multipercussion - / Monique Ngozi Nri - voice, poetry / Sam Newsome - woodwinds / Don Chapman - woodwinds / DD Jackson - piano / Radu Ben Judah - bass / Bob Stewart - Tuba / Roman Diaz - African percussion

9:30pm Angelia Sanchez Trio | Angelica Sanchez – piano / Michael Formanek – bass / Hamid Drake - drums

10:30pm Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFUNK | Fay Victor - voice, composition / Sam Newsome - soprano sax, toys/ Joe Morris - electric guitar / Reggie Nicholson – drums / Special Guest: Eddy Kwon – interdisciplinary artist

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About The Vision Festival

Founded in 1996, the Vision Festival is New York City's longest continuously running jazz festival. Now in its 26th year, this festival of music, dance, poetry, and visual art is heralded as “one of New York’s most essential art events” (New York Times). Performances feature legendary and emerging stars representing the free jazz, experimental, and avant-garde communities and include Lifetime Achievement honorees like Amina Claudine Myers, Andrew Cyrille, Dave Burrell, Peter Brötzmann, and Milford Graves. This year, we honor Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake.

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Danny Aiello’s The Italian Chicks Comedy show is the newest, hottest comedy tour on the scene today. part meatball, part cannoli. these women are sure to leave you wanting more… and were not just talking about the meatballs! You'll laugh harder than if you we're drunk at an Italian opera. This comedy/variety show will have you hugging your Italian aunt for the first time since she paid you a quarter to rub her bunions! All four women are accomplished stand-up comedians with National TV appearances. Appearing at the Brook Arts Center on July 16 2022, the Italian Chicks is a passionate blend of comedy, characters, music, song parodies, and Italian-American culture. When these four dynamic, talented women come on stage, they will make you remember things that you paid your shrink to forget. The show premiered at the Laugh Factory in NYC, NY in January 2010, to a sold-out house. Now, after nine years, the Italian Chicks are growing their family! The show makes for a ladies or guys night out, or bring the entire family for an evening of nonstop laughs! $30 pre-sale tickets, $35 VIP Meet and Greet tickets available on www.brookarts.org or call the ticket office at 732-469-7700. Door tickets are $35/ $40. Box Office Opens at 6 pm for walk-ups. Reserved Socially Distancing Seating. Concessions, Bar, and free parking. The Brook Arts Center is located in the historic downtown Bound Brook, NJ, one block from the Bound Brook Train station and a few short miles from Rt 22, 287, and 78.

The NY Bee Gees Tribute Show presents the most extravagant Bee Gees show a fan can experience. Appearing at the Brook Arts Center on April 1, 2022, the band performs all of the classic 70’s disco hits from Stayin’ Alive to Night Fever while embracing their early works such as To Love Somebody, I’ve Got To Get A Message To You and Massachusetts. The New York Bee Gees delivers songs from every decade of the Bee Gees catalog with a stunning production, powerful vocals, and the professional stage presence to fill any club or casino. The New York Bee Gees Tribute Show is comprised of some of Long Island New York’s most versatile and exceptionally talented players. The band includes present or former members of well known, world renown acts including The Alan Parsons Project, Happy Together Tour, Meatloaf, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Riot, Herman’s Hermits, Enrique Iglesias, The Rippingtons and more. Based in New York the show has played to sell out shows at The Paramount Theater and BB King NYC. Performances are regularly at The NYCB Theater at Westbury, Resorts World Casino, Empire Casino, The Suffolk Theater. Discounted advance tickets at www.brookarts.org or 732-469-7700. Box Office Opens at 6 pm for walk-up sales. All seats are reserved socially distanced. Concessions, Bar, and Free Parking are available. The Brook Arts Center is located in the historic downtown Bound Brook, NJ, one block from the Bound Brook Train station and a few short miles from Rt 22, 287, and 78.

Wiesenberg has spent the past decade collaborating on stage and in the studio, interpreting a range of live music from such diverse artists as Antonio Sanchez, Melissa Aldana, Billy Hart, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Rodney Green, Gilad Hekselman, Lage Lund, Seamus Blake, Ben Wendel, Will Vinson, Joel Frahm, Chano Dominguez, Aaron Goldberg, Shai Maestro and Uri Caine. An orchestral frontiersman, he’s composed critically acclaimed arrangements for Camila Meza’s Ámbar (Sony Masterworks, 2019), Ari Hoenig’s Nonet, and multiple arrangements for the Metropole Orkest. In 2018, the Tel Aviv native released his long-awaited debut recording Roads Diverge to effusive praise from peers and critics. “Being about the power of choice and making choices, Roads Diverge shows enough assertiveness for us to conclude that Wiesenberg has made the right ones,” says JazzTrail’s Filipe Freitas. "...his way with melody is as fun as his knack for clever arrangements... It all adds up to a very colorful debut full of promise and heart. Whatever roads Noam Wiesenberg chooses in the future, we should have great pleasure in hearing him tell all about them." (All About Jazz) SHAI MAESTRO ECM recording artist Shai Maestro has been at the forefront of jazz piano playing in the last few years. Working with many of NY’s best musicians as well as collaborations with the Tokyo Philharmonic and the BBC orchestra in London. His 6th album (and his 2nd at ECM) was released this year. KUSH ABADEY Drummer Kush Abadey has been enjoying a fast-paced and eclectic career for years. ... In 2012, Kush moved to NYC to pursue the jazz scene and was welcomed with open arms. He currently performs, records, and tours internationally with various renowned musicians and groups.

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