Vision Towards Essence, by Muhal Richard Abrams

Vision Towards Essence

by Muhal Richard Abrams

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	1.	Part 1 21:06
	2.	Part 2 18:23
	3.	Part 3 20:17

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THE INDIVIDUALISTIC VIEW FROM 1-9 TO 0-1 OBSERVES THE RELATIVITY OF ALL THAT IS KNOWN REGARDING THE INFINITE NATURE OF THE PAST AND FUTURE WHEN SEEN THROUGH THE FOCAL POSITION OF HERE AND NOW.

ACTION, ACTION, ACTION..................

RECIPROCAL, RECIPROCAL. RECIPROCAL..................

---MUHAL

Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2007 - #28

“Vision Towards Essence sounds like a definitive statement, not only of Abramss improvisatory brilliance, but of the continued vitality of his Windy Citybred clan.”
Hank Shteamer, TimeOut NY

“Abrams controls the development with an iron fist, in a perfectly measured progression of styles.”
—Martin Longley, All About Jazz

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released August 21, 2007

Muhal Richard Abrams - solo piano

Recorded live at the Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph, Canada, September 11, 1998.

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Muhal Richard Abrams Chicago, Illinois

Composer, arranger, and pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is largely a self-taught musician influenced by the bop innovations of Bud Powell. He has worked with everyone from Dexter Gordon and Max Roach to Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw. He has influenced the jazz community as a co-founder of Chicago’s legendary vanguard music institution, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). ... more

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