Five Favorite albums by members of the AACM

[walt]

I'll join the madness.

List yer five favorite records by members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians(AACM),formed in Chicago in the mid 60's to support and nourish creative music/art, mostly in the "new jazz" area.

Art Ensemble Of Chicago-People In Sorrow
Muhal Richard Abrams-Young At Heart/Wise In Time
Creative Construction Company-CCC-Vols 1 and 2
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre-Forces And Feelings
Muhal Richard Abrams/Malachi Favors-Sightsong
Bonus selection....
Anthony Braxton-Five Pieces-1975

[Dana5140]

Whoa- great choices there!

I go with
AEC- A Jackson in Your House
Braxton- For Alto
Kalaparusha- Forces and Feelings
Joseph Jarman- As If It Were the Seasons
Muhal Richard Abrams- Young at heart, Wise in Time

[Jay.Dee]

Anthony Braxton - Creative Orchestra, Köln
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen
Lester Bowie & Milosc - Not Two
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One
Jack DeJohnette - Made in Chicago

[GuitarGeek]

In no particular order:

Anthony Braxton: Creative Music Orchestra (Köln 1978)
Anthony Braxton & Richard Teitelbaum: Time Zones
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Urban Bushmen
Air: Air Raid
Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 94 For Three Instrumentalists

Bonus: Muhal Richard Abrams: Things To Come From Those Now Gone
(those are the first five that came to mind)

[wideopenears]

NOW we're talking about progressive music!

AEC-A Jackson in Your House/Message to Our Folks
Air-Air Lore (just to be different)
Threadgill-TheComplete Novus and Columbia Recordings
Leroy Jenkins-Leroy Jenkins Live!
Wadada Leo Smith-Hearts Reflections

So many great albums, though...hard to pick.

[Poisoned Youth]

Ha! I can play...

Cone, I think you're cheating with that Complete Threadgill box.


1. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Freedom Jazz Dance
2. Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra - Rejoicing With The Light
3. The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen
4. Anthony Braxton - Dortmund (Quartet)
T5. Wadada Leo Smith / Golden Quartet - Tabligh
T5. Henry Threadgill - Spirit of Nuff...Nuff

[Dana5140]

I have never heard of Matana Roberts, so I will have to check him (her?) out. But these are all artists I love to death. I have all those original Delmark recordings of so many of these guys, and I lived in Chicago area for nearly 25 years. Before that I helped put on shows with the AEC and its members at Mich State- I remember hanging out with Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton during a series of duets they did- they were furiously writing scores in the back room, and then shuffling the sheets between each show. I remember Lester Bowie as prickly, Joseph Jarman as elf-like (for want of a better term), Malachi Favors as just a hugely friendly person (and oddly enough I later treated him as a patient when I was a student at National College of Chiropractic, working at its inner city clinic in Chicago). Some of these discs are just legendary, Braxton in particlar but Abrams as well.

[Nearfest2]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Jay.Dee]

I have never heard of Matana Roberts, so I will have to check him (her?) out.

Her.

http://www.matanaroberts.com/who-0

And here is a sample of my favourite album of hers:

http://cstrecords.com/cst079/

[wideopenears]

I got to hang with Leroy Jenkins back in the early 80's, myself, before and after a solo performance. Great fun. Very inspiring.

[wideopenears]

Ha! I can play...

Cone, I think you're cheating with that Complete Threadgill box.


1. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Freedom Jazz Dance
2. Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra - Rejoicing With The Light
3. The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen
4. Anthony Braxton - Dortmund (Quartet)
T5. Wadada Leo Smith / Golden Quartet - Tabligh
T5. Henry Threadgill - Spirit of Nuff...Nuff

Love all those albums, too. Many of these guys have boxed sets, I thought about listing all the ones I know, but that Threadgill set in particular never gets old for me.

[Dana5140]

Jay.Dee, thank you! I will certainly get. I see I do not know of her since she is younger and was not present in the early days of the AACM, which is when I was heavily involved. Very cool!

Tonight I will listen to Ornette, and then to Lester, both RIP.

[mogrooves]

Mitchell - Sound
Braxton - For Alto
Jarman - Song For
McIntyre - Forces and Feelings
Abrams - Levels and Degrees of Light