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Milford Graves: Percussion Ensemble

Read "Percussion Ensemble" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


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, ...

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Album Review

Milford Graves: Percussion Ensemble

Read "Percussion Ensemble" reviewed by Lyn Horton


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" ...


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