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.
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