The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that Abrams is one of its 2010 honorees.
The co-founder and first president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is highly respected by critics and musical peers as both a pianist and composer in a variety of musical styles.

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