American jazz drummer and percussionist (1941–2021)
Milford Graves
Background information
Born
(1941-08-20)August 20, 1941[1][2] Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.
Died
February 12, 2021(2021-02-12) (aged 79)
Genres
Jazz
free jazz
avant-garde jazz
world music
Instrument(s)
Drums
timbales
conga drums
vocals
Years active
1962-2021
Labels
ESP
Prestige
Fontana
RCA
Tzadik
Website
milfordgraves.com
Musical artist
Milford Graves (August 20, 1941 – February 12, 2021) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, Professor Emeritus of Music,[3][4] researcher/inventor,[5][6] visual artist/sculptor,[7][8][9][10] gardener/herbalist,[11][12] and martial artist.[13][14] Graves was noteworthy for his early avant-garde contributions in the 1960s with Paul Bley, Albert Ayler, and the New York Art Quartet, and is considered to be a free jazz pioneer, liberating percussion from its timekeeping role. The composer and saxophonist John Zorn referred to Graves as "basically a 20th-century shaman."[15]
^Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott, eds. (1996). All Music Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). Miller Freeman. p. 309.
^Wilmer, Val (2018). As Serious As Your Life. Serpent's Tail. p. 220.
^"Milford Graves: Faculty Emeritus". Bennington.edu. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle:Jazz after 1958. Da Capo. p. 137.
^Jacobson, Mark (November 12, 2001). "The Jazz Scientist". New York Magazine.
^"Milford Graves: Heart Music". MilfordGraves.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^Cox, Christoph (March 2018). "Matters of the Heart: Christoph Cox on Milford Graves". Artforum.edu. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^"Milford Graves: Hand-Painted Album Art". MilfordGraves.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^"Milford Graves". QueensMuseum.org. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^"Milford Graves: Queens Museum". MilfordGraves.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^Bengal, Rebecca. "Some Plant Stuff, Man: Tending the Global Garden with Milford Graves". HaomaEarth.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^"Milford Graves: Garden". MilfordGraves.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^Russonello, Giovanni (April 26, 2018). "For Milford Graves, Jazz Innovation Is Only Part of the Alchemy". The New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^"Milford Graves on Yara". MilfordGraves.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^Kilgannon, Corey (November 9, 2004). "Finding Healing Music in the Heart". The New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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directed a documentary about jazz drummer MilfordGraves, titled Ancient to Future: The Wisdom of MilfordGraves. As of 2022, the film is listed as being...
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players Marshall Allen, Roscoe Mitchell, and Scott Robinson, and drummer MilfordGraves. It was recorded at ScienSonic Laboratories in Teaneck, New Jersey on...
Motoharu Yoshizawa, Takehisa Kosugi, Yosuke Yamashita, Derek Bailey, and MilfordGraves, although he generally performed solo. He was married to the author...
over a period of 15 years. He later formed a musical partnership with MilfordGraves, and the two recorded a drum duet album in 1974. In addition to recording...
joined by drummer MilfordGraves and electric bassist Bill Laswell. Disc one was recorded on May 27, 2016, and features Smith and Graves in duo format. Disc...
flute along with pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gómez, and drummer MilfordGraves. Logan had moved to New York City in September 1964, and the recording...
made up of pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gómez and percussionist MilfordGraves. After Pullen's departure, pianist Dave Burrell joined the group. Logan...
Peter Donald Badalamenti II, Joan La Barbara, and jazz percussionist MilfordGraves. Barney began producing a new two-hour film, Redoubt, in 2017, which...
both exercises in structured free playing. Subsequently, Pullen and MilfordGraves formed a duo. Their concert at Yale University in May 1966 was recorded...
is an album by American saxophonist Anthony Braxton, percussionist MilfordGraves, and bassist William Parker recorded in 2008 for the Tzadik label. The...
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American percussionist MilfordGraves, recorded in July 1977 and released later that year by Kitty Records. The album features Graves on drums, percussion...
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