Saturday, May 24
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians [AACM] 60th ANNIVERSARY: Detroit x Chicago Cosmic Music Legacy
Doors open at 6 pm | Panel discussion 6:30 pm | Performance at 8 pm
A special 60th anniversary celebration with Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians [AACM] & Cosmic Music Community.
AACM was “founded in 1965 in Chicago by a group of musicians who sought to build and sustain a creative community and new platforms for experimentation and innovation in music.”
The evening will feature a panel discussion at 6: 30 pm honoring the legacy and origins of Black music x culture moderated by Michelle Jahra Mckinney (Director, Detroit Sound Conservancy)
A live performance by the following artists will be at 8 pm:
Mwata Bowden [contrabass, clarinet, baritone] Chicago, AACM
Dushun Mosley [drums, percussion] Chicago, AACM
Darius Savage [double bass, electric bass] Chicago, AACM
Kenneth Nico Green [synth, piano] Detroit
Skeeter Shelton [winds, saxophone] Detroit
Tony Holland [saxophone] Detroit
Ali Colding [drums] Detroit
Sophiyah E. [vocals, bowls] Detroit
CURRENTLY ON VIEW
El De Smith: Take My Name Off the Order List Don’t Want Anything
April 18 through May 25, 2025
El De Smith lived in a carriage house in Detroit’s Cultural Center in the early 1970s and was known as a humorous and unconventional artist who made paintings on plywood and cardboard, frequently gifting them to other artists in the community, including Jim Chatelain, Gordon Newton, John Egner, Robert Sestok, Douglas James and Steve Foust, to name a few. This show is comprised of works entirely from private collections and represents the first known public showcase of Smith’s art, writings, and related ephemera in Detroit, his hometown. The exhibition has been curated in collaboration with Jim Chatelain with support from Steve Foust and Dylan Spaysky.
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