Percussionist Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio has made some amazing music that has a rootsy, if avant-garde, take on everything within the jazz…

Muhal Richard Abrams (Chicago, Illinois, September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American free jazz pianist, composer, arranger, clarinetist,…

Joseph Jarman (Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 14, 1937 - January 9, 2019) was an American jazz musician, composer, and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He…

Multi-reedist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre is one of the founding members of Chicago's AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative…

Nicole Michell is a flutist and composer, who leads several musical projects. She is a member of AACM and have been working with the most prominent…

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (18 December 1941 in Leland, Mississippi) is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz…

Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn; November 11, 1953) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer.

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Roscoe Mitchell (b. August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American composer, jazz multi-instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for…

Lester Bowie (11 October 1941–8 November 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the…

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Tenor saxophonist extraordinare, Fred Anderson was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1929. In 1940, Fred migrated to Evanston, Illinois, and also lived for…

Ari Brown was born in Chicago,Illinois on February 1, 1944. In 1968 he received a Bachelor of music degree from Vandercook School of Music in…

Leroy Jenkins (March 11, 1932 – February 24, 2007) was a composer and free jazz violinist and violist.

One of the most important musicians to…

Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944), Chicago, Illinois, is an American saxophonist, flautist and composer.

He performed as a percussionist in…

Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942 in Blackwell, near Atkins, Arkansas) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and…

Kelan Phil Cohran (Oxford, Mississippi, May 8, 1927 - June 28, 2017) was a jazz musician. He is known most for his trumpet contributions in the Sun…

Chico Freeman is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist born on July 17, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois.

Son of the Chicago-based jazz saxophonist Von Freeman,…

Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, pianist and philosopher. He has created a large…

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble closely identified with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians…

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Braxton and Smith's musical relationship began in 1960s Chicago in the early days of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.…