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Milford Graves: Percussion Ensemble

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 12, 2009

Tra i tanti meriti storici della ESP c'è quello di aver portato alla ribalta il nome di Milford Graves. In poco più di un anno, dall'ottobre del 1964 al novembre del 1965, furono addirittura cinque le session patrocinate da Stollman alle quali prese parte il batterista, per un totale di sei pubblicazioni inserite in catalogo dall'etichetta newyorchese: i due album firmati da Giuseppi Logan (Quartet e More Giuseppi Logan), Barrage di Paul Bley, l'omonimo esordio del New York Art Quartet, ...

Milford Graves: Percussion Ensemble

by Lyn Horton
July 24, 2008

Fulfilling Bernard Stollman's prescient request to record for his label, Milford Graves decided to enlist Sunny Morgan as a drumming partner for Percussion Ensemble. Graves did so purposefully; the duo percussionists were making more than music. They were calling up their heritage at a time when Black Americans were teetering on the fulcrum of American cultural consciousness.

The music defies stereotyping. It is not concerned with keeping time or playing riffs. Rather, the two players are just talking in “drum" ...