Sound Experiments: The Music of the Aacm

A groundbreaking study of the trailblazing music of Chicago's AACM, a leader in the world of jazz...
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Author: Paul Steinbeck
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Sound Experiments: The Music of the Aacm by Steinbeck, Paul

Sound Experiments: The Music of the Aacm

$501.36

Sound Experiments: The Music of the Aacm

$501.36
Author: Paul Steinbeck
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A groundbreaking study of the trailblazing music of Chicago's AACM, a leader in the world of jazz and experimental music.

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.


Author: Paul Steinbeck
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 11/15/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780226829531

About the Author
Paul Steinbeck is associate professor of music at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago and coauthor of Exercises for the Creative Musician.

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