Saxophonist/producer/composer Jeff Chan has played a prominent role in what has been described as the Asian-American Creative Music Movement or Asian-American Creative Music Network in the '90s and 2000s; essentially, it is a coalition of Asian-American musicians who play jazz, most of it avant-garde jazz that has been influenced by the Chicago-based Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). In fact, the movement has often been compared to the AACM and has ties to that organization. Some participants in the Asian-American Creative Music Movement are of Japanese descent (including acoustic bassist Tatsu Aoki and alto/soprano saxophonist Doug Yokoyama), while others have had Chinese heritage, including tenor saxophonist Francis Wong (co-founder of Asian Improv Records, a small independent label with offices in San Francisco and Chicago) and Chan.