The AACM #2

Oltre  a eventuali aiuti materiali e alla difesa degli interessi professionali, gli obiettivi dell’associazione – paragonabili a quelli della newyorkese Jazz Composer’s Guil – consistevano nel moltiplicare le occasioni di incontro tra compositori, strumentisti e orchestre (Experimental Band, Afro-Arts Ensemble, Ethnic Heritage Ensamble, Air), nel diffondere un insegnamento centrato sulla musica nera (Great Black Music) e di favorire la nascita di una musica nuova (creative). Nel 1969 alcuni dei membri fondatori dell’associazione si recano a Parigi. L’AACM si fa conoscere anche attraverso le registrazioni fatte a Chicago da Bob Koester (Delmark Records) e Chuck Nessa (Nessa Records). L’Art Ensemble of Chicago, formato da Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie e Malachi Favors, ai quali si aggiunge nel 1970 il batterista Don Moye, rimane l’esempio migliore delle convinzioni estetiche estremamente diversificate dei musicisti dell’ACCM. Ad Abrams si sono susseguiti diversi presidenti (nonché l’apertura di una sede a New York), tra cui Edward Wilkerson e Kahil El’Zabar.
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​In addition to any material aid and the defense of professional interests, the objectives of the association - comparable to those of the New York Jazz Composer's Guil - consisted in multiplying the opportunities for composers, instrumentalists, and orchestras to meet (Experimental Band, Afro-Arts Ensemble, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Air). In spreading teaching centered on black music (Great Black Music) and favoring the birth of new (creative) music. In 1969, some of the founding members of the association went to Paris. The AACM also makes itself known through the recordings made in Chicago by Bob Koester (Delmark Records) and Chuck Nessa (Nessa Records). The Art Ensemble of Chicago, formed by Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, and Malachi Favors, joined by drummer Don Moye in 1970, remains the best example of the incredibly diverse aesthetic beliefs of ACCM musicians. Abrams was followed by several presidents (as well as the opening of a New York office), including Edward Wilkerson and Kahil El’Zabar.
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