Mwata Bowden is Director of Jazz Ensembles at the University of Chicago. A native of Memphis, he attended Chicago's DuSable High School where he studied music with the legendary Captain Walter Dyett, whose tutelage inspired such young talents as Nat King Cole, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Von Freeman, Fred Hopkins, and Richard Davis. Bowden studied classical music at Chicago's American Conservatory of Music, and later toured with the rhythm and blues group, the Chi-Lites. In 1974, he became active in Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), playing with the AACM Big Band with Muhal Richard Abrams and others. He plays the family of clarinets, tenor and baritone saxophones, as well as the flute and the didjeridu.

Elastic is located at 2830 N. Milwaukee Ave 2nd Flr 

NEIU Jacob Carruthers Center
700 East Oakwood Blvd
Chicago, IL 60616
United States
312-834-3390
http://www.aacmchicago.org

AACM + Great Black Music Project: New Concert Series

Friday, January 13, 2012 7:00PM

Northeastern Illinois University Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies

700 E. Oakwood Blvd

The AACM is proud to collaborate with The Great Black Music Project at Northeastern Illinois University as part of their new concert series presented at the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies. This is a wonderful opportunity for both organizations to bring original and creative music to Chicago audiences. Admission is free.

This concert will be held January 13, 2012 and will feature the AACM Vocal Ensemble, with Ann Ward, Dee Alexander, Saalik Ziyad and Taalib-Din Ziyad and also special guest Chavunduka!!!!!

This concert is free and open to the public.  

Friday, December 9, 2011 7:00PM
Northeastern Illinois University Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
700 E. Oakwood Blvd
The AACM is proud to collaborate with The Great Black Music Project at Northeastern Illinois University as part of their new concert series presented at the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies. This is a wonderful opportunity for both organizations to bring original and creative music to Chicago audiences. Admission is free.
This concert will be held December 9, 2011 and will feature members of the AACM as they perform a Pre Kwanza Celebration: Imani Suite.
This concert is free and open to the public.

The Great Black Music Project at Northeastern Illinois University will be presenting a series of concerts each month with the AAACM. The first concert will be on 11.11.11 with the AACM Legacy Ensemble. The concerts are free and open to the public.

The Jacob Caruthers Center is located at 700 East Oakwood Blvd. 

Renee Baker’s CHICAGO MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT presents
Brown Rice Cooker CREATEFEST 2011
Brown Rice
4432 N. Kedzie
Chicago, Ill
... 
Sept 27
3:00 p.m. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project presentation
6:45 p.m. Trio Percussive- Christopher Bruce,Henry Mayer, Eliezer Kaplan 
8:00 p.m Chuck Bontrager 
9:15 p.m. Savoir Faire Trio 
10:30 p.m. David Boykin 
11:10 p.m. Alex Wing 
12 midnight Jayve Montgomery –AudioVisual Improv on Healthcare 

Sept 28
3:00 p.m. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project presentation
4:15 p.m. Vincent Davis/Preyas Roy Duo
5:15 p.m. Alpha Bruton, visual artist 
6:15 p.m. Greg Blackburn/Elizabeth Diaz Duo
7:15 p.m. Ernest Dawkins
8:15 p.m Savoir Faire
9:15 p.m. Ben Lamar’s MOUNTAIN
10:00 p.m. JoVia
10:50 p.m. Saalik Ziyad Collective
12 midnight Jayve Montgomery/Cliff Ingram Duo

Sept 29
3:00 p.m. Renee Baker solo

3:25 p.m. H.V. Cramond, poetry
4:15 p.m. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project presentation
5:00 p.m. jOHANNA wEISBROCK and Abstract Point

6:15 p.m. Charlie Newman, poetry 
6:30 p.m. Saalik Ziyad
8:00 p.m. Dee Alexander and the Evolution Ensemble
9:35 p.m. Douglas Ewart Trio

 

 

10:40 p.m. Dan Godston, poetry
10:55 p.m. David Boykin
12 midnight Jayve Montgomery-AudioVisual Improv on being Arrested at BNA

Suggested donation $10..for all performances on purchased day

Light repast provided by The Reluctant Vegetarian