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How Milford Graves Reawakened the Spirit of the Drum How Milford Graves Reawakened the Spirit of the Drum Late percussionists radical approach galvanized everyone from Lou Reed to Albert Ayler, and built a bridge between music and the healing arts Hank Shteamer, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In September of 2008, an unusual performance took place at downtown New York club Le Poisson Rouge. At stage right, opposite fellow six-string adventurer Marc Ribot, sat Lou Reed, conjuring clouds of fr...

Milford Graves, the pioneering jazz drummer, professor, inventor, herbalist, visual and martial artist, has died, as NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich reports. He was 79. In 2018, Graves was diagnosed with amyloid cardiomyopathy—colloquially known as stiff heart syndrome—and got told he had six months to live. Born in Queens in 1941, Graves was a pioneer of free jazz, making dozens of recordings over the span of his life (including The Giuseppi Logan Quartet, Albert Ayler’s Love Cry, and Sonny...

Milford Graves, Pioneering Jazz Drummer and Polymath, Dies at 79 Pitchfork 2/13/2021 Matthew Ismael Ruiz © Milford Graves, May 2004 (Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images) American Avant-garde Free Jazz musician Milford Graves plays drums as he performs onstage during the 9th annual Vision Festival Avant Jazz for Peace at the Center at St Patricks Youth Center, New York, New York, May 29, 2004. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images) Milford Graves, the pioneering jazz drummer, prof...