Tag Archives: Delmark Records

richard abrams | levels and degrees of light (1967)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Ed Howard

Muhal Richards Abrams has always been a key figure for the AACM. One of the Chicago-based group’s co-founders, he was also a mentor and inspiration for many of the city’s younger musicians in the ’60s and beyond. Levels and Degrees … Continue reading →

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joseph jarman | song for (1966)

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Ed Howard

Following Roscoe Mitchell’s Sound, alto saxophonist Joseph Jarman was the second AACM member to enter the studio with Delmark Records’ Chuck Nessa, emerging with Song For, his own contribution to the collective’s early legacy. Jarman’s band, as captured here, was … Continue reading →

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roscoe mitchell sextet | sound (1966)

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Ed Howard

Sound was, and is, a tremendously important recording. It was the first document of the then-young Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), among the first recorded appearances for most of these musicians, and a first step towards the … Continue reading →

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anthony braxton | 3 compositions of new jazz (1968)

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Ed Howard

Anthony Braxton’s debut LP introduced an unconventional, often controversial new talent whose career – spanning decades and still going, without nearly enough attention, today – has been one of the most fascinating in jazz. At the time this was recorded, Braxton was … Continue reading →

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