Freedom Principle at Chicago’s MCA Profiled

Source: Chicago Tribune.

Collectivity and improvisation are the norm here. They’re also the history, one that the curators recount with a medley of passion and respect. “The Freedom Principle” marks the 50th anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a group founded in response to the difficult conditions facing black experimental musicians in Chicago. It remains active today, though many of its civil-rights era compatriots are long gone…