AACM to Feature New Compositions at the Velvet Lounge

From chicagotribune.com:

Last summer, the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble pulled off a tour de force at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy.

Playing six shows in three nights, the incendiary, Chicago-based band ignited new scores by Ernest Dawkins, Ann Ward, Edwin Daugherty and other experimenters from Chicago’s AACM, or Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The venture proved so successful — and so widely discussed — that the band now has transplanted the idea back home to Chicago.

Specifically, for the next several months, the AACM iconoclasts will offer themed concerts featuring world-premiere compositions at the Velvet Lounge.

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