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Tag: Art Ensemble of Chicago

  • Abrams and Mitchell at Mills

    Longtime AACM members Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell have a show tomorrow at Mills College. For nearly half a century, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell have been pushing boundaries as improvisers. For most of their lives they’ve been known as jazz guys. Abrams was the guiding light behind Chicago’s Association for…

  • KFJC Reviews

    Yet more from KFJC: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – “Continuum, the” – [Delmark] The following statement is not true, but what I heard when I first listen to this recording: The Art Ensemble of Chicago was on a world tour, stopped in deepest Africa. Somehow they lost a trombone & sax after the concert and the…

  • The Kitchen Celebrates the AACM

    Image via Wikipedia AACM happenings going down at the Kitchen: The Kitchen presents A Power Stronger Than Itself: A Celebration of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Curated by George E. Lewis and Christopher McIntyre Two evenings of music, October 9 and 11, will include performances by Nicole Mitchell, Amina Claudine Myers, Muhal…