'Stronger Than Itself': On The Power Of Jazz

Fresh Air | By Kevin Whitehead

Published July 29, 2008 at 11:53 AM EDT

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and the American Experimental Music by George E. Lewis. The book tracks the history of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, an organization that promoted the development of new jazz styles.

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