Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming

CML call number: CD JAZZ Abrams
Contents: Scrape, Bound, Dramaturns, Soundhear, Streaming; all by Abrams-Lewis-Mitchell.
Nate Chinen wrote in the New York Times: "Conceived and centered in Chicago but well represented in New York and elsewhere, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has always encompassed a wider breadth of styles than its de facto flagship, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, could ever manage alone. 'Streaming,' a new album on Pi Recordings, documents a three-way conversation between the pianist Muhal Richard Abrams (the movement's patriarch), the multireedist Roscoe Mitchell (of Art Ensemble renown) and the trombonist George Lewis (of Columbia University tenure). Their interaction runs deep, even in the plentiful stretches of the album unattached to any tempo or key. There are jingling bells, creaky drones, birdlike twitters, roomy pauses; there are also moments of startling clarity. The full effect registers only when the album is experienced whole" ("Playlist: Vintage Jazz and Contemporary Keyboards," 10/15/06).