A Power Stronger Than Itself
Book description
Founded in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with an international reputation. George E. Lewis, who joined the collective as a teenager in 1971, establishes the full importance and vitality of the AACM with this communal history, written…
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This book is remarkable for Lewis’s unique profile, which combines status as a major contributor to, as well as a critic of, creative improvised African-American music. It tells of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM), an organization focused on freely improvised music, which is unique for having wedded aesthetic innovation with the struggle for social justice.
From Paul's list on scholarly reads on jazz.
Written by AACM composer George E. Lewis, A Power Stronger Than Itself is a collective autobiography of the organization. The book tells the story of the AACM from an insider’s perspective. The AACM began life as a fledgling non-profit on the South Side of Chicago, but its members had ambitions that were global in scope, and before long, the organization and its music were recognized around the world. The AACM’s history is truly remarkable, and A Power Stronger Than Itself is an indispensable resource for musicians and everyone else who appreciates the organization’s many contributions to contemporary culture.
From Paul's list on creative music.
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