Levels and Degrees of Light
Context
Title track of a Muhal Richard Abrams album recorded in Chicago in 1967 and released by Delmark in 1968. The album features Anthony Braxton and Leroy Jenkins, among others; AllMusic sees it as the start of a long series of records emerging from the AACM, the musicians' association founded in Chicago. The album has three pieces, one of them 23 minutes long.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to AACM, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of AACM: Free jazz.