50th anniversary of AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians)
AKAMU thanks all the members of AACM for their wonderful work since 1965
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AACM celebrates Golden Anniversary (article on Chicago Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-aacm-essay-20150227-column.html#page=1
Further information at www.akamu.net/creative.htm
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is a non-profit organization, founded in Chicago in May 1965 by Muhal Richard Abrams, Jodie Christian, Steve McCall and Phil Cohran.
Early members included Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Freeman, Wadada Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins and Art Ensemble of Chicago: Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Famoudou Don Moye and Malachi Favors.
In the 1960s and 1970s AACM members were among the most important and innovative musicians of the period.
The musical endeavors of the AACM include an adventurous mixing of avant-garde jazz, classical, and world music.
AACM had a strong relationship with an influential sister organization, the Black Artists' Group (BAG) of St. Louis.
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