William Parker+Rob Brown+Gerald Cleaver

Call it a micro Vision Fest that’s welcoming the new year with an evening of duets and trios. Bassist William Parker’s earthy thump will inspire the dance movements of Patricia Nicholson. Gerald Cleaver’s mercurial percussion strategies will prompt the improvised vocals of Jean Carla Rodea. Cellist Daniel Levin will bob and weave with saxophonist Rob Brown. And the evening’s closer: A Parker/Cleaver/Brown amalgam should put a 2011 spin on the term “pliability.”

Mon., Jan. 3, 7 p.m., 2011