I Insist CD (Greenleaf Music) Consignment The book explores the works

The book explores the works of AACM figures like Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell

For this CD reissue

viewing music as both performance and ritual

features extensive liner notes by astute listener & very fine writer Clifford Allen

but soon expands to take in the social and political upheavals of the 20th century as well as the particularities of the city that spawned it all: Chicago

I Insist CD (Greenleaf Music) Consignment The book explores the works"I Insist" is saxophonist and composer Kazemde George's debut album, paying homage to Max Roach's "We Insist! Freedom Now Suite" while reflecting on his own identity as a Black American. With a quintet of talented New York musicians, including vocalist Sami Stevens, the album features ten original compositions influenced by music of the African diaspora. George captures the essence of these traditions, viewing music as both performance and ritual. The