Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams

Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, New York City Chapter, Inc. Concert Series 2014

MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS QUINTET

MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS - PIANO
BRYAN CARROTT - VIBES
DAYNA STEPHENS - TENOR SAXOPHONE
LINDSEY HORNER - BASS

REGGIE NICHOLSON - DRUMS
Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams 

World renowned pianist and composer Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams has been in the forefront of the contemporary music scene for well over forty years.  Muhal is a co-founder of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), founder of The AACM School of Music and Executive Director of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians,  New York City Chapter.  Muhal was the first recipient of the grand international jazz award, "The JazzPar Prize", which was awarded to him in 1990 by the Danish Jazz Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.  In 1999 Muhal was presented a proclamation by Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago, declaring April 11, 1999 as Muhal Richard Abrams Day in Chicago. In 2009 Muhal was selected to be a USA Prudential Fellow by United States Artist. In 2010 Mr. Abrams was chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts to be a NEA Jazz Master and was inducted into the Downbeat Magazine' "Jazz Hall of Fame".  On May 16, 2012, Muhal received the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, from Columbia University, New York City, New York. On October 19, 2012, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation presented Dr. Abrams with The BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D. C.  In 2014 Dr. Abrams received a Doris Duke Impact Award.  


Except for a brief period of study at Chicago Musical College and Governors State University in Chicago, Illinois where he studied electronic music, Dr. 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.  The versatile Dr. Abrams and members of The AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) are responsible for some of the most original new music approaches of the last four decades.

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