Description
Founded in 1965 and still active these days, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with a world reputation. George E. Lewis, who joined the collective as a youngster in 1971, establishes the whole importance and vitality of the AACM with this communal history, written with a symphonic sweep that pulls on a cross-generational chorus of voices and a wealthy choice of rare photographs.
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 colourful, multicultural universe and brings to light an immense piece of the history of avant-garde music and art.