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Milford Graves
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- Prof at Home Painting — Himself2024
- Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center — Himself2023
- Graves in the Garden — Himself2021
- Bata Wormhole — Himself2020
- Milford Graves Full Mantis2018
- River of Fundament — Norman II2014
- Earthquake Clips2011
- Speaking in Tongues1982
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Milford Graves (b. Queens, NY, August 20, 1941, died February 12, 2021) was an American-born jazz drummer and percussionist, most noteworthy for his his early avant-garde contributions in the early 1960s with Paul Bley and the New York Art Quartet. Graves has worked with a variety of established jazz musicians throughout his career, including Don Pullen, Eddie Gomez, Kaoru Abe, Andrew Cyrille, Rashied Ali, Kenny Clarke, Don Moye, Philly Joe Jones, John Zorn and Albert Ayler. Graves was a teache
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Graves
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- South Jamaica
- Place of death
- South Jamaica
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Employer
- Bennington College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- ESP-Disk
- Official website
- www.milfordgraves.com
- Image
- Milford Graves close crop.jpeg
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- Black Lunch Table
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- Milford Graves
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- date of birth
- 1941-08-20
- partner in business or sport
- John Zorn
- date of death
- 2021-02-12
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