"hope Cries For Justice" By William Parker / Patricia Nicholson at Happy Lucky No. 1

"Hope Cries For Justice" combines music, words and dance to create a dialogue between participating artists and audiences that opens the mind to envisioning our role in the world as creative beings that can make a difference. By embracing creativity we find our strength and can reclaim hope in a difficult time.

As artists, we are here to inspire a just world, which we create by taking risks and actions believing in the power of art to move hearts. Our goal is to leave traces of light across our shared lives. -Patricia Nicholson

https://www.patricianicholsonparker.com/hope-cries-for-justice/...

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"Hope Cries For Justice" combines music, words and dance to create a dialogue between participating artists and audiences that opens the mind to envisioning our role in the world as creative beings that can make a difference. By embracing creativity we find our strength and can reclaim hope in a difficult time.

As artists, we are here to inspire a just world, which we create by taking risks and actions believing in the power of art to move hearts. Our goal is to leave traces of light across our shared lives. -Patricia Nicholson

https://www.patricianicholsonparker.com/hope-cries-for-justice/

**William Parker is a bassist, improviser, composer, writer, and educator from New York City. He has recorded over 150 albums, published six books, and taught and mentored hundreds of young musicians and artists. He has been called "one of the most inventive bassists/leaders since [Charles] Mingus," and "the creative heir to Jimmy Garrison and Paul Chambers...directly influenced by '60s avant-gardists like Sirone, Henry Grimes and Alan Silva." The Village Voice called him, "the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time" and Time Out New .**

**Patricia Nicholson's professional career developed around the aesthetic of free jazz, a movement that she has helped lead as the founder and director of Arts for Art & Vision. As a dancer, choreographer, and improviser, Ms. Nicholson has developed her unique approach, drawing freely from traditional and non-traditional techniques to create an eclectic approach to intuitive movement and composition. Her free jazz collaborations have been presented at music festivals in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. She has collaborated with William Parker, Yoshiko Chuma, Don Cherry, Billy Bang, Matthew Shipp, KJ Holmes, and many others.**

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