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	Muhal Richard Abrams
		Muhal is a co-founder of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), founder of The AACM School of Music and President of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, New York City Chapter.
		Abrams is predominately a self-taught musician who, as a result of many years of observation, analysis, and practice as a performing musician, has developed a highly respected command of a variety of musical styles both as a pianist and composer.
		Abrams has taught jazz composition and improvisational classes at: The Banff Center in Banff, Canada, Columbia University in New York City, Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, The New England Conservatory, Boston Mass., The BMI Composers workshop in New York City, and The Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
	www.american-music.org /conferences/Chicago/Chicagohonorary.htm (403 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams - Biography - AOL Music
		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).
		Abrams' first gigs were playing the blues, R&B, and hard bop circuit in Chicago and working as a sideman with everyone from Dexter Gordon and Max Roach to Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw.
	music.aol.com /artist/muhal-richard-abrams/50257/biography?albumid=0 (296 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams \| Biography \| MTV
		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.
		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 professor at the Banff Center, Columbia University, Syracuse University, and the BMI Composers' Workshop, he is not always recognized for his...
		Abrams' first gigs were playing the blues, R&B, and hard bop circuit in Chicago and working as a sideman with everyone from Dexter Gordon and Max Roach to Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw.
	www.mtv.com /music/artist/abrams_muhal_richard/bio.jhtml (375 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams biography & discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Black Saint recording artist Muhal Richard Abrams is a pianist, composer, co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and founder of the AACM School of Music.
		Abrams serves currently as president of the New York Chapter of the AACM and member of the board of directors of the National Jazz Service Organization and, formerly, as music panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
		Abrams currently records and tours the United States with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo and as a solo pianist, while continuing to compose and score large orchestra and chamber works.
	www.blacksaint.com /bios/mabrams.html (654 words)

	The Prize Winner - Muhal Richard Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Muhal Richard Abrams was honored in terms of his general contribution to music.
		Strongly rooted in the jazz tradition, Abrams is a composer and performer who draws on the entire history of his people's music.
		Abrams was founder and first president of The Association for The Advancement of Creative Musicians, a co-operative setting up concerts and festivals, a jazz school, etc. Thus stimulating a hitherto weak and unorganized scene.
	www.jazzpar.dk /Prize_Winners/muhal_richard_abrams.html (393 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams
		Abrams has been a central figure in the shaping and definition of a large variety of innovative approaches to the integration of composition, improvisation and performance.
		Abrams has produced a large body of recorded work, including at least twenty-five record albums of his work alone, by companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
		Abrams was the first recipient of the prestigious international jazz award, the JazzPar Prize, presented by the Danish Jazz Center in Copenhagen.
	www.artstechsymposium.utah.edu /abrams.html (251 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams
		Abrams is predominately a self-taught mucician who, as a result of many years of observation, analysis, and practice as a performing on musician, has developed a highly respected command of a variety of musical styles both as a pianist and composer.
		Abrams and members of the AACM are responsible for some of the most original new music approaches of the last three decades.
		Abrams has taught jazz compostion and improvisational classes at: The Banff Center in Banff, Canada, Columbia University in New York City, Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. and the BMI Composers Workshop in New York City.
	aacmchicago.org /members/muhal_richard_abrams_bio.html (204 words)

	Amazon.ca: Things To Come From Those Now: Music: Muhal Richard Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams will forever be remembered as a cofounder of Chicago's venerated Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
		While his leadership in the organization is admirable (he was president almost continuously from 1965 to 1977), Abrams was a musical innovator as well.
		Abrams and company often dwell on elegiac musings rooted in the blues, early jazz, and gospel, but there is also some ferocious free jazz interplay at times.
	www.amazon.ca /Things-Those-Muhal-Richard-Abrams/dp/B00004U04L (514 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Look up "Abrams" in any music reference book and you'll discover that he was a founding member of AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), the pioneering self-help group in Chicago that attracted the likes of Anthony Braxton and the Art Ensemble of Chicago 30 years ago.
		It's as if Abrams were painting long horizontal bands of color across a wide canvas panorama, each painted band a musical theme laced with improvised adornments, or an instrumental tone sampled from a stylistic category.
		Although most of the music on this album is scored, Abrams selects players who know how to improvise during the interludes in these long compositions where one style gradually mutates into another.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/01-11-96/MUHAL_RICHARD_ABRAMS.html (703 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams MP3 Downloads - Muhal Richard Abrams Music Downloads - Muhal Richard Abrams Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pianist/composer Richard Abrams contributes all eight selections to this intriguing septet date.
		One of pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams' strongest big-band dates, this set has eight of his compositions interpreted by a most unusual group.
		Muhal Richard Abrams constantly varied the lineups on the seven numbers that comprised this 1986 session, alternating between trio, quartet, quintet and sextet pieces.
	www.mp3.com /muhal-richard-abrams/artists/36367/discography.html&flag=major (1370 words)

	» Muhal Richard Abrams
		MRA, piano and conductor; Baikida Carroll, trumpet, flugelhorn; Craig Harris, trombone; Wallace Laroy McMillan, baritone sax, flute; Jimmy Vass, alto sax, flute; Eugene Ghee, tenor sax, clarinet; Vincent Chancey, French horn; Howard Johnson, tuba, baritone sax; Jean-Paul Bourelly, guitar; Michael Logan, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums.
		It’s easy to overlook Abrams, as Ethan Iverson perhaps did in his otherwise unimpeachable and supremely generous list of his personal faves from 1973 to 1990.
		It’s not a complete stretch to say that he was picking up where Ellington left off, utilizing players in ways that raised their game, and creating beautiful tapestries of sound that balance form and freedom in a proportion that never fails to thrill.
	destination-out.com /?cat=26 (415 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams and Daniel Bermard Roumain Cross Musical Boundaries
		Born in 1930 in Chicago, Abrams is both elder statesman of 1960s experimental jazz and a contemporary classical composer whose works have been performed by orchestras and chamber ensembles.
		Abrams, who has lived in New York since 1977, possesses an acute intellect which has earned him respect in both fl and white "concert music" communities as well as in the jazz world.
		Muhal Richard Abrams makes an appearance at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater on Thursday, January 6 as part of ACO's new Composers Out Front Series.
	www.americancomposers.org /abrams_roumain_article.htm (781 words)

	The History of Jazz Music. Muhal Richard Abrams: biography, discography, review, links
		Chicago's pianist "Muhal" Richard Abrams (1930) represented both a synthesis and a revolution.
		While the duets were often indulgent and rarely regained the magic of his solo-piano performances, the orchestral pieces showcased timbral sensibility, dense and almost chaotic harmonies, shifting textures and, in general, continuous change.
		Abrams returned only occasionally to the solo-piano format, notably with the 29-minute Piano Improvisation on The Visibility of Thought (december 2000).
	www.scaruffi.com /jazz/abrams.html (377 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams
		Abrams is one of the most highly respected musicians in the contemporary music scene.
		Abram’s compositions have been commissioned and /or performed by New Band, The Rova Saxophone Quartet, The String Trio of New York, the Brooklyn Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet, Ursula Oppens, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Cassatt String Quartet, and countless others.
		Abrams leaves one of the main parts of this play of sounds to silence itself; the basis for sound, which is the firstborn child of… silence.
	www.mutablemusic.com /abramsinfo.htm (927 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams
		Abrams and members of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), of which he is co-founder, are responsible for some of the most original new music approaches of the last two decades.
		Muhal Richard Abrams' catalogue of recordings is a long list indeed, including recordings on Delmark, Arista Novus and Black Saint Records.
		Abrams has taught privately for over twenty years, and has also taught jazz composition and improvisation classes at the Banff Center in Banff, Canada, Columbia University in New York City, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and the BMI Composers Workshop in New York City.
	www.otherminds.org /shtml/Abrams.shtml (282 words)

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		Except for a brief period of study at Chicago Musical College and Governor's State University in Chicago, Illinois, where he studied electronic music, Muhal Richard Abrams is predominately a self-taught musician.
		As a result of his discipline, observation, analysis, and practice Muhal Richard Abrams developed a highly respected command of a variety of musical styles both as a pianist and composer.
		In addition to teaching privately for the past twenty years or more, Muhal Richard Abrams has taught jazz composition and improvisational classes at: The Banff Center in Banff, Canada, Columbia University in New York City, Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. and the BMI Composers Workshop in New York City.
	www.indiejazz.com /ArtistDetail.aspx?ArtistID=141 (376 words)

	The Music of Muhal Richard Abrams
		Abrams came in on piano for the full trio and a long free chamber music segment ensued.
		Abrams explored the lower half of the keyboard with provoking arpeggiation, leading into an extended solo workout in the lower register.
		Abrams gave way to Lewis and his bright red plunger mute.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=1697 (841 words)

	The Visibility Of Thought : Muhal Richard Abrams : CD Reviews : One Final Note
		It bears repeating: Muhal Richard Abrams' contribution to post-bop jazz is nearly incalculable.
		Only at the sixteen-minute mark does Abrams engage in more obvious uses of dissonance, with a particularly tumultuous statement in the lower end of the piano lasting for almost two minutes.
		It may not Abrams' crowning achievement, but anyone interested in the legacy of one of the music's great thinkers cannot afford to ignore this one.
	www.onefinalnote.com /reviews/a/abrams-muhal/visibility-of-thought.asp (817 words)

	Amazon.com: Open Air Meeting: Music: Muhal Richard Abrams,Richard & Marty Ehrlich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Muhal Richard Abrams is the founder of the AACM and one of the avante-garde's shining pianist and composers.
		Abrams' marvelous voice combines many elements of others into a synthesis completely his own.
		Excluding the initial track (which I personally find essential as a setup to contrast the rest) I think this might be one of the best sets to use as a primer for anyone uninitiated to the avante-garde.
	www.amazon.com /Open-Meeting-Muhal-Richard-Abrams/dp/B0000030JW (968 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The career of Abrams unties him long experiences in the furrow of this historian initiative.
		His/her first album, ‘Levels And Degrees Of Light goes out in mute in 1967 and it is alone in 1980 that it starts to regularly engrave with his group, even if during the years Sixty and Seventy have already played with various groups, included the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
		In the 1977 Abrams it transfers him to New York and at the end of the eighties his/her activities with small groups and great bands reach the artistic vertex with a series of album for the included Black Saint the masterpiece ‘The Hearinga Suite.”
	www.santannarresijazz.it /Arresi/MuhalRichardAbrams_ENG.htm (194 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams at AllExperts
		Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) is a composer, arranger, and jazz pianist.
		He has recorded extensively under his own name (frequently on the Black Saint label) and as a sideman on others' records.
		Notably regarding the latter he has recorded with Anthony Braxton Duets 1976 on Arista Records, Marion Brown and Chico Freeman.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/muhal_richard_abrams.htm (141 words)

	Streaming by Muhal Richard Abrams CD
		Composer, pianist, and bandleader Muhal Richard Abrams has been one of the quiet champions of the avant-garde underground since the 1960s.
		Joined by fellow avant veterans George Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell, Abrams creates soundscapes on STREAMING that are startling, whimsical, and otherworldly.
		Though his roots are in the free jazz of the '60s, Abrams music never feels anything less than fresh and utterly contemporary.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/7275355/a/Streaming.htm (272 words)

	Muhal Richard Abrams guitar tabs, bass tabs, drum tabs, chords and notation @ Bandlink.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	OmniTone store listing for Muhal Richard Abrams
		Muhal Richard Abrams: Mama and Daddy (Black Saint 120041)
		Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra: Rejoicing with the Light (Black Saint 120071)
		Muhal Richard Abrams: Levels and Degrees of Light (Delmark 413)
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	Muhal Richard Abrams : Afrisong - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Muhal Richard Abrams seamlessy blended elements of stride, bebop, blues, and free music on this collection of solo piano pieces recorded in 1975 for the Japanese label Trio/Whynot.
		Top numbers included "Hymn to the East," "Blues For M" and the title track.
		It was also a chance for Abrams to display his instrumental facility and underrated keyboard skills, which often take a back seat to his arranging, compositions and bandleading.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,40627,00.html (185 words)

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