Chicago Revolution
Thirty-five years ago, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams was the leading light in the founding of the Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. In the first of a new five-part series Alyn Shipton visits Chicago to look back at this period in modern jazz, and talks to saxophonists Fred Anderson , Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell , and to record producer Chuck Nessa. Producer Terry Carter See Alyn Shipton : page 52