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A POWER STRONGER GEORGE E. LEWIS THAN ITSELF The AACM and American Experimental Music The University of Chicago Press : : Chicago and London
GEORGE E. LEWIS is the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2008 by George E. Lewis All rights reserved. Published 2008 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-47695-7 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0-226-47695-2 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lewis, George, 1952– A power stronger than itself : the AACM and American experimental music / George E. Lewis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ), discography (p. ), and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-226-47695-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-226-47695-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians—History. 2. African American jazz musicians—Illinois—Chicago. 3. Avant-garde (Music) —United States— History—20th century. 4. Jazz—History and criticism. I. Title. ML3508.8.C5L48 2007 781.6506077311—dc22 2007044600 o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.
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Page 24 and 25: introduction AN AACM BOOK: ORIGINS,
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NEW MUSIC, NEW YORK Cultures of Spo
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New Music, New York : : 31 fl eeing
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New Music, New York : : 33 Departme
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New Music, New York : : 35 Mayfi el
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New Music, New York : : 37 Beyond a
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New Music, New York : : 39 the beat
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New Music, New York : : 41 Scott De
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New Music, New York : : 43 among yo
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New Music, New York : : 47 regardle
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New Music, New York : : 49 features
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL
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The Development of the Experimental
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THE AACM’S NEXT WAVE More from th
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 261 was
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 263 cian
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 269 gran
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 273 Lips
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 275 life
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 277 self
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 279 basi
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 281 mese
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 283 cast
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 287 boni
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The AACM’s Next Wave : : 291 ting
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THE AACM IN NEW YORK Migration and
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The AACM in New York : : 327 at the
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The AACM in New York : : 331 ues in
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The AACM in New York : : 333 Steve
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The AACM in New York : : 335 Abrams
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The AACM in New York : : 337 a week
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The AACM in New York : : 339 own co
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The AACM in New York : : 341 mistic
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The AACM in New York : : 343 New Yo
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The AACM in New York : : 345 announ
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The AACM in New York : : 363 end, t
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The AACM in New York : : 365 When w
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The AACM in New York : : 367 promul
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The AACM in New York : : 369 Dett,
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The AACM in New York : : 371 radica
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The AACM in New York : : 373 compos
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The AACM in New York : : 375 On one
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The AACM in New York : : 377 tions
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The AACM in New York : : 379 visual
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The AACM in New York : : 381 such o
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The AACM in New York : : 383 ential
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THE NEW REGIME IN CHICAGO 10 Genera
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afterword The Way of the Arranger A
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INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE AUTHOR
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PREFACE notes 1. Muhal Richard Abra
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Notes to Introduction : : 527 a con
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138. Eddie Harris, Exodus to Jazz (
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634 : : Bibliography Whitesell, Llo
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AACM. See Association for the Advan
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Allen, Marshall, 56, 57, 93 All Sou
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Bacon, Warren, 292 Baden- Baden Fre
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Bowie, Joseph, 13; with Black Artis
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Carn, Jean, 468 Carpentier, Liz, 26
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collective improvisation. See impro
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generational issues, 427-29, 436-37
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Ethiopianism, 56 Ethnic Heritage En
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new music, 37, 41; relation of art
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hard bop: African- rooted, 237; in
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584n122; relationship with composit
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jazz- rock fusion, 285-86, 351, 399
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107-8, 110-11, 115, 120; in AACM pe
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McKie’s Disk Jockey Show Lounge,
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Murray, Atu Harold, 317, 576n117 Mu
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problems, 24; knowledge of classica
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Rosewoman, Michelle, 493, 582n88 Ro
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260, 303-4; multi- instrumentalism
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