Jul 29th, 2008 · Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and the American Experimental Music by George E. Lewis. The book tracks the history of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, an organization that promoted the development of new jazz styles.
Keywords: critic · organization · Lewis · history · Jazz · George · Kevin Whitehead · AACM · association · emA · Power Stronger Than Itself · American Experimental Music
Jan 29th, 2005 · A loose collective of young, mostly white musicians is carrying on the tradition of Chicago's AACM (the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). They play abstract, dissonant "free" jazz, but mix it with a rock aesthetic and elements of hip-hop, rap and pop music.
Keywords: Chicago · music · Traditional · Jazz · collection · Hip · avant · garde · dissonance · abstract · AACM
