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700 East Oakwood Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois, 60653


The Great Black Music Project, an archival system using the latest technological processes to be housed at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies(JHCCICS) and a virtual house on the world wide web - accessible globally by all interested. The capabilities of the project are vast enough to be a repository of both audio and video, recordings, photos, news clips, essays, critical review and thought - from the analog past to the digital future.

Serendipity - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble NY Times Article - by Sasha Frere-Jones

Serendipity
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble’s sturdy family business.
by Sasha Frere-Jones June 8, 2009

The music that Hypnotic Brass Ensemble plays might best be described as highly composed instrumental hip-hop: accomplished, energetic songs designed for dancing.

The AACM DEBUTS NEW CONCERT SEREIS

Internationally renowned for unparalleled contributions to modern music, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Inc. (AACM) has been an inspirational leader within the cultural community since 1965. Now in it's fourth decade the organization is poised to launch its' new Nomadic Sound Experiment concert series.

Muhal Richard Abrams honored by the National Endowment for the Arts

For immediate release: May 21, 2009
Media Contact: Liz Stark, NEA, 202-682-5740, starke@arts.gov
Program Contact: Katja von Schuttenbach, 202- 682-5711, vonschuttenbach@arts.gov

National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters
Nation's highest honor in jazz is bestowed on eight living legends

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