Milford Graves (1941-2021) liberated drummers from the constraints of time keeping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Graves
Pictured: percussionist Milford Graves and dancer Min Tanaka at a School for Austism
Film still from www.fullmantis.com
| Hour One |
| Rufus 3rd The New York Art Quartet - Mohawk - Fontana - 1965 |
| Nothing 11-10 Milford Graves With Sunny Morgan - Percussion Ensemble - ESP Disk - 1965 |
| Full Mantis film trailer Milford Graves (Director, Producer: Jake Meginsky) - Full Mantis - Mantis Film - 2018 |
| www.fullmantis.com
www.imdb.com/title/tt8014482/ www.rottentomatoes.com/m/milford_graves_full_mantis |
| Batterie Paul Bley Quintet - Barrage - ESP Disk - 1965 
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| Tabla Suite The Giuseppi Logan Quartet - The Giuseppi Logan Quartet - ESP Disk - 1965 |
| "L" Lowell Davidson Trio - Lowell Davidson Trio - ESP Disk - 1965 |
| Chove-chuva Miriam Makeba - Makeba Sings! - RCA Victor - 1965 |
| Ewe Montego Joe - Wild & Warm - Prestige - 1965 |
| Love Cry Albert Ayler - Love Cry - Impulse - 1968 |
| Black Woman Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman - Vortex - 1969 |
| Response Milford Graves - Meditation Among Us - Kitty - 1977 |
| Hour Two |
| Sounding The Universe Milford Graves interviewed by Aakash Mittal - - - New Music USA - 2018 |
| https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/milford-graves-sounding-the-universe/ |
| Blessing From The Rain Forest Andrew Cyrille & Milford Graves - Dialogue Of The Drums - IPS - 1974 |
| Untitled / Opus In Springtime / Untitled Sun Ra, John Gilmore, Milford Graves, Andrew Cyrille, Don Moye Quintet - Untitled Recordings - Transparency - 2008 [recorded live in a park in Brooklyn in 1985] |
| Untitled performance recorded live in Hakushu Japan Milford Graves & Tanaka Min - - - (not on label) - 1988 |
| Stated With Peace David Murray & Milford Graves - Real Deal - DIW - 1992 |
| Back In No Time [excerpt] Milford Graves & Bill Laswell - The Stone - M.O.D. Technologies - 2014 |
| April Sam Amidon - The Following Mountain - Nonesuch - 2017 |
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Hey Ben. Looks like a great program. Nothing says great show music quite like total lack of discernible rhythm. q;^)
9:17 PM, March 17th, 2021