ghost of miles Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 Uli on Jazz Corner posted that George Lewis is going to write a book about the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, better known as the AACM. Chicago jazz history and improv fans, take note! Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 Lewis has already put out a wonderful 57-page piece on the AACM in NYC, 1970-1985 in the new issue of Current Musicology (published by Columbia University). It just whets the appetite for future work. Email current-musicology@columbia.edu for details. Mike Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 12, 2005 Report Posted April 12, 2005 I just did a couple of searches and didn't turn up anything, but is there any more information on when this might appear? I'm certainly keen to read it! Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 12, 2005 Author Report Posted April 12, 2005 Wasn't there some talk about this in the "Ask Ken Vandermark" thread over at AAJ? Might have been referring to the same piece that Mike mentions. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 13, 2005 Report Posted April 13, 2005 Thanks - I'll take a look! Quote
jasonguthartz Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 something to whet your appetite: http://repository.lib.uoguelph.ca/ojs/view...=28&layout=html Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Posted April 25, 2005 Lewis has already put out a wonderful 57-page piece on the AACM in NYC, 1970-1985 in the new issue of Current Musicology (published by Columbia University). It just whets the appetite for future work. Email current-musicology@columbia.edu for details. Mike That piece is now in a new and very interesting anthology that I picked up last night: UPTOWN CONVERSATION: THE NEW JAZZ STUDIES. It's a sort of sequel to JAZZ CADENCE OF AMERICAN CULTURE, with more of a focus on contemporary scholars; both books come out of the Columbia jazz-studies group. Anybody who's into the so-called "new jazz studies" (I am, in a big way) should really check this book out. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Just turned up this page, which suggests an October 2007 date. Really can't wait! Some wonderful photos on the link as well. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 16, 2007 Report Posted February 16, 2007 More than most, I await the release of this book with great anticipation. Early on, George said he needed to interview me and it never happened - we had talked about those times though. At the funeral of Malachi Favors he brushed off my concerns. A few of my friends have read the manuscript and say it is very interesting. Quote
Larry Kart Posted February 16, 2007 Report Posted February 16, 2007 More than most, I await the release of this book with great anticipation. Early on, George said he needed to interview me and it never happened - we had talked about those times though. At the funeral of Malachi Favors he brushed off my concerns. A few of my friends have read the manuscript and say it is very interesting. Had a similar experience, though my connection to what Lewis is writing about is degrees less significant than Chuck's is. The original contact came from Lewis, maybe three years ago, saying that in particular he wanted to talk about the early critical reception to the AACM and what might or might have been at work there on a personal and social level. Because I reviewed several of the early Delmark AACM albums for Down Beat back then -- Jarman's "As If It Were the Seasons," Muhal's "Levels and Degrees of Light," Braxton's "Three Compositions of the New Jazz" -- in addition to Roscoe Mitchell's "Congliptipous" (Nessa), and had been to quite a few early AACM concerts, gigs etc., I thought it would be a good idea to talk about this. Never heard from Lewis again, though, and I believe I sent him an e-mail after about six months asking what was up. On the other hand, if that's the way to put it, what I've read from Lewis on the subject has been excellent (though not entirely free from academic jargon), and I've heard nothing but good things from people who have seen portions of the manuscript. Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted August 27, 2007 Report Posted August 27, 2007 Scheduled for publication October of 2007 from the University of Chicago Press. Pi Records is promoting this book in their press sheet for the new Muhal Richard Abrams solo piano recording, his first since 1978, "Vision Towards Essence." Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted September 6, 2007 Report Posted September 6, 2007 The segment published by Columbia University is on line: http://www.aacm-newyork.com/Text/ExperimentaL%20Music.pdf Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Posted October 4, 2007 Anybody gotten an advance/review/or otherwise copy of this yet? I'm going to check with the local downtown bookstore tomorrow to see if it's available for special-order. Quote
DukeCity Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Available on Amazon.com for pre-order. They list Jan. '08 as the pub. date. Quote
reg Posted December 12, 2007 Report Posted December 12, 2007 any more news about this book? it looks like it might be good. amazon uk have it down for the 29 DEC 2007 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Stronger-Its...2620&sr=8-1 Synopsis Founded in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with an international reputation. From its working-class roots on the South Side of Chicago, the AACM went on to forge an extensive legacy of cultural and social experimentation, crossing both musical and racial boundaries. The success of individual members and ensembles such as Muhal Richard Abrams, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Anthony Braxton has been matched by the enormous influence of the collective itself in inspiring a generation of musical experimentalists. 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 with a symphonic sweep that draws on a cross-generational chorus of voices and a rich collection of rare images. Faced with shrinking economic opportunities in Chicago and a segregated music industry, the original members of the AACM found inspiration in the civil rights movement's call for change through self-determination and collective action. These musicians pooled their individual strengths in a new organization powerfully committed to a forward-thinking approach to musical creation and performance. Evolving a range of experimental methods, from invented instruments and unusual musical scores to improvisation and the early use of computers, the AACM challenged the borders separating classical music and jazz. Moving from Chicago to New York to Paris, and from founding member Steve McCall's kitchen table to Carnegie Hall, "A Power Stronger Than Itself" uncovers a vibrant, multicultural universe and brings to light a major piece of the history of avant-garde music and art. Quote
jimi089 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Posted December 25, 2007 Just got a review copy in the mail. It's not coming out until May 2008, sorry to disappoint. To whet your appetite though, the book is incredible thus far, and I'm only 50 pages in. Lewis has such a well developed conception and the vocabulary to express it, and he does so with a clarity and sense of purpose rarely seen by my eyes in the jazz/academic world. Quote
jlhoots Posted December 26, 2007 Report Posted December 26, 2007 Damn - I had heard Jan. 2008. Will have to be patient. Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 13, 2008 Author Report Posted April 13, 2008 Jazz.com linked yesterday to an article in the Chicago Reader. Quote
Uncle Skid Posted April 13, 2008 Report Posted April 13, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the link, ghost! I'd really love to be there on Tuesday at the Chicago Cultural Center. As Glenn mentioned (back in October!), this book is available for preorder at Amazon for $23.10. 690 pages (!) -- not a "light read" by any definition, but I'm looking forward to diving in... (I'm fairly sure that the link above gives credit to this board... moderators, please correct it if not...) Edited April 13, 2008 by Uncle Skid Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted April 16, 2008 Report Posted April 16, 2008 Finished copies of the book were on sale at the event tonight. It was the first time George had seen it. Quote
jimi089 Posted April 16, 2008 Report Posted April 16, 2008 Finished copies of the book were on sale at the event tonight. It was the first time George had seen it. Yeah, and I stood in line like an idiot to find out they had sold out. I wish they had limited it to one per person - I saw people with three books in hand waiting for George to sign them. Quote
GregK Posted April 16, 2008 Report Posted April 16, 2008 I have it on order with a local indie bookstore- they tell me May 5 Quote
DukeCity Posted April 17, 2008 Report Posted April 17, 2008 Thanks for the link, ghost! I'd really love to be there on Tuesday at the Chicago Cultural Center. As Glenn mentioned (back in October!), this book is available for preorder at Amazon for $23.10. 690 pages (!) -- not a "light read" by any definition, but I'm looking forward to diving in... (I'm fairly sure that the link above gives credit to this board... moderators, please correct it if not...) Got an email from Amazon today, pushing estimated delivery back to May 6-8. Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted April 19, 2008 Report Posted April 19, 2008 http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/476957.html Quote
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