Bibliograph

Sound experiments, the music of the AACM, Paul Steinbeck

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Sound experiments, the music of the AACM, Paul Steinbeck

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-254) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sound experiments

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1274199949

Responsibility statement

Paul Steinbeck

Sub title

the music of the AACM

Summary

"Founded on Chicago's South Side in 1965 and still thriving today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is the most influential collective organization in jazz and experimental music. In Sound Experiments, Paul Steinbeck offers an in-depth historical and musical investigation of the collective, analyzing individual performances and formal innovations in captivating detail. He pays particular attention to compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell, the Association's leading figures, as well as Anthony Braxton, George Lewis (and his famous computer-music experiment, Voyager), Wadada Leo Smith, and Henry Threadgill, along with younger AACM members such as Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, and Nicole Mitchell. Sound Experiments represents a sonic history, spanning six decades, that affords insight not only into the individuals who created this music but also into an astonishing collective aesthetic. This aesthetic was uniquely grounded in nurturing communal ties across generations, as well as a commitment to experimentalism. The AACM's compositions broke down the barriers between jazz and experimental music and made essential contributions to African American expression more broadly. Steinbeck shows how the creators of these extraordinary pieces pioneered novel approaches to instrumentation, notation, conducting, musical form, and technology, creating new soundscapes in contemporary music"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Roscoe Mitchell, Sound - Richard Abrams, Levels and degrees of light -- Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah -- Anthony Braxton, Composition 76 -- Air, Air time -- George Lewis, Voyager -- Fred Anderson, Volume two -- AACM Great Black Music Ensemble, At Umbria Jazz 2009 -- Wadada Leo Smith, Ten freedom summers -- Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla awakening II: emerging worlds

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Music of the AACM

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