Muhal Richard Abrams
USA
Born: 19 September 1930
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing, Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz
Share to:
Composer, arranger, and pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is largely a self-taught musician who was deeply influenced by the bop innovations of the late Bud Powell. Abrams has been a beacon in the jazz community as a co-founder (and first president), in 1965, of Chicago's legendary vanguard music institution, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). While Abrams is well-known as a mentor to three generations of younger musicians -- born in 1930 he was a decade older than his closest peer in the AACM -- as a bandleader and pr...
See also
Similar artists
- Cecil Taylor (65)
- Anthony Braxton (39)
- Sun Ra (20)
- Roscoe Mitchell (11)
Influenced by
- Miles Davis (281)
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Bud Powell (13)
Followers
- Art Ensemble Of Chicago (82)
- Anthony Braxton (39)
- Woody Shaw (17)
- George Lewis (11)
- Jason Moran (9)
- Eddie Harris (4)
Performed Songs By
- Marty Ehrlich (4)
- Hamiet Bluiett (0)
Your account will be charged with:
free downloads and $. Your balance after this charge will be:
free downloads + $. Do you really want to purchase selected tracks/albums?
Once, you'll click on 'buy selected' button - you'll be redirected to "My Downloads" page, where you can download the music you've purchased.
melodysale.com
