Today (8/19, 6:00 p.m.) at Fred Anderson Park: Damon Locks (electronics) and Ken Vandermark (reeds). mailchi.mp/45f9cf379ecf/a… #fredanderson #velvetlegacy #velvetlounge

"a graceful new record": Bamako*Chicago Sound System reviewed by Larry Blumenfeld in the The Wall Street Journal. ballake sissoko Nicole M Mitchell FPE Records wsj.com/arts-culture/m…

Scenes from last week's talk about Fred Anderson and the Velvet Lounge (at DePaul University School of Music). #aacm #chicago #creativemusic #fredanderson #southside #velvetlounge Watch at youtube.com/live/_KgwoIiEa….

Tonight on WDCB Public Radio: Andy Pierce and I listen to the music from SOUND EXPERIMENTS, including selections by: * Roscoe Mitchell * Anthony Braxton * George Lewis * Fred Anderson * AACM Great Black Music Ensemble * Nicole Mitchell Tune in at wdcb.org/program/anothe….

Friday, November 22: The great Nicole Mitchell performs at @Wustlmusic, with yours truly on bass. music.wustl.edu/events/nicole-…

Just published: the new edition of Anthony Braxton's TRI-AXIUM WRITINGS (originally published in 1985). #aacm #anthonybraxton #creativemusic amazon.com/dp/B0DMFDBD15?…

"a 3-D collaboration": Aaron Cohen on Nicole M Mitchell, ballake sissoko, and Bamako*Chicago Sound System. downbeat.com/news/detail/ni…

Just launched: Roscoe Mitchell's new YouTube channel! youtube.com/@officialrosco…

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In press: ANTHONY BRAXTON / 50+ YEARS OF CREATIVE MUSIC, from Schott Music. #aacm #creativemusic #languagemusic #tricentric

Read Paul Steinbeck histories of AACM & Art Ensemble of Chicago back to back. Great books on an incredible period of American music. The breath & depth of creativity & innovation is an inspiration. #GreatBlackMusic #GreatMusic UChicagoPress

Fred Anderson (tenor saxophone), Chad Taylor (drums), and me (bass) at Tonic, New York, April 7, 2004. Thanks to Eremite Records for sharing the photo! #aacm #creativemusic #experimentalmusic nytimes.com/2004/04/09/mov…

May 14, 2025: the Art Ensemble performs at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. #aacm #artensembleofchicago #experimentalmusic #greatblackmusic elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/ar…

Anthony Braxton - New York City, 1977. Photo by David D. Spitzer

May 8, 2025 at Roulette: the one and only Anthony Braxton. roulette.org/gala/ #aacm #creativemusic

Just released by Schott Music: Anthony Braxton's creative orchestra album 2 COMP (2023) and the text 50+ YEARS OF CREATIVE MUSIC. I played a small part in both projects, as a bassist in the creative orchestra and as an author. schott-music.com/de/anthony-bra… schott-music.com/de/anthony-bra…

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Happy birthday to the one and only Famoudou Don Moye, born May 23, 1946. #aacm #artensembleofchicago #creativemusic #experimentalmusic #greatblackmusic #sundrummer #sunpercussion

Fred Anderson, Tsehaye Geralyn Hébert, and me at the Chicago Cultural Center, August 19, 2009. Read (and listen to) our discussion here: criticalimprov.com/index.php/csie… Photo credit: Lauren Deutsch. #aacm #creativemusic #velvetlounge

Happy birthday to Anthony Braxton (b. June 4, 1945), a towering figure in contemporary music. #aacm #creativemusic #experimentalmusic Photo by Hans Harzheim.