Vision: Live 2002 Vision Festival / Various (CD)

From the 2002 Vision Festival, NYC's marathon annual jazz gathering, comes this double disc CD/DVD of nine highlight performances by a range of advanced jazz thinkers and improvisers including Blue Series regulars Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Mat Maneri, Roy Campbell, and Hamid Drake, all of whom offer moments of transcendence and grace, fire and succor, heady introspection, and soulful groove. Also included are great performances by pianist Dave Burrell, bassoonist Karen Borca, vocalist Ellen Christi, reed man Douglas Ewart, trumpeter Leo Smith, and the late German bass explorer Peter Kowald. DVD features 5.1 Surround Sound and supplemental images from the festival.