Jazz Articles about Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams - George Lewis - Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 12, 2007

Penso che il modo migliore - o perlomeno quello che al tempo stesso consente di godere della musica con la massima apertura e non cadere in possibili cliché d'ascolto - per accostarsi alla musica del trio formato da Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis e Roscoe Mitchell sia quello di metabolizzare in modo molto sincero le diverse sensazioni, i dubbi dell'ascolto, per rinnovare quel patto di fiducia reciproca con la musica improvvisata senza cui la stessa pratica sarebbe forse privata di ...

Muhal Richard Abrams / George Lewis / Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming

by Mark Corroto
November 21, 2006

To paraphrase Jack Nicholson from the 1997 film As Good As It Gets, this recording “...makes me want to be a better listener. Impeccably recorded, Streaming brings together (once again) three AACM giants for an hour of open (their word) improvisation.

Like Stephen Hawkins has done with casual conversation, artists Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, and Roscoe Mitchell have long since abandoned music--for sound. That is not to say that for these artists, or the act of creating ...

Muhal Richard Abrams: Things To Come From Those Now Gone

by Derek Taylor
September 1, 2000

Muhal Richard Abrams is the grand patriarch of the AACM. He set-up shop on the ground floor as a co-founder of the Association in 1965 and has since served as one of the guiding forces behind its direction and longevity. Things To Come From Those Now Gone was Abrams third album for Delmark. It’s the last to be reissued by the label and remains one of Abrams most eclectic offerings. As if in deference to his position as educator the ...