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AACM Members have been important
innovators and influencers since 1965
Executive Team
Khari B
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
JoVia Armstrong
Secretary
Secretary
Nicole Mitchell
Communications Secretary
Communications Secretary
Ugochi Nwaogwugwu
Treasurer
Treasurer
Kyla Clark
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant
Members
Members marked with * have transitioned
AACM Awardees
Grammy Nominated Artist
Isaiah Collier
Kahil El Zabar
Justin Dillard
Corey Wilkes
Ugochi Nwaogwugwu
Emmy Award Winner
Corey Wilkes
Pulitzer Prize
Henry Threadgill
MacArthur Fellows
George Lewis
Anthony Braxton
Henry Threadgill
Tomeka Reid
Doris Duke
Muhal Richard Abrams
Nicole Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
George Lewis
Anthony Braxton
Wadada Leo Smith
Henry Threadgill
Herb Alpert Award
Nicole Mitchell
Matana Roberts
Tomeka Reid
NAACP
Roscoe Mitchell
NEA Jazz Masters
Henry Threadgill
Muhal Richard Abrams
Roscoe Mitchell
Anthony Braxton
Donovan Mixon
Guggenheim
Wadada Leo Smith
Anthony Braxton
George Lewis
Nicole Mitchell
French Knights
Kahil El Zabar
Mike Reed
McKnight Award
Douglas R. Ewart
McKnight Community Engaged Artist Fellow
Mankwe Ndosi
Creative City Making Artist
Mankwe Ndosi
3Arts
Shanta Nurullah
Dee Alexander
Coco Elysses
Mankwe Ndosi
Luminarts Fellow
Isaiah Collier
Next Jazz Legend
Alexis Lombre
City of Chicago Esteemed Artist Grant
Dee Alexander
Jesse White Award for Music Arts
Dee Alexander
Chicagoan of the Year
Dee Alexander
Nicole Mitchell
Mwata Bowden
Chicago Music Awards Jazz Entertainer of the Year
Dee Alexander
April 11, 1999 Muhal Richard Abrams Day in Chicago, proclamation presented by Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago
Muhal Richard Abrams - Recipient of the Following Recognitions
Doctor of Humane Letters – DuPaul University
The BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award
New York City Jazz Record's Musician of the Year
Honorary Doctorate of Music - Columbia University
Downbeat Magazine "Jazz Hall of Fame"