Prof at Home Painting

Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

Graves in the Garden

Bata Wormhole

Milford Graves Full Mantis

River of Fundament

Earthquake Clips

Milford Graves (August 20, 1941 – February 12, 2021) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, Professor Emeritus of Music, researcher/inventor, visual artist/sculptor, gardener/herbalist, and martial artist. Graves was noteworthy for his early avant-garde contributions in the 1960s with Paul Bley, Albert Ayler, and the New York Art Quartet, and is considered to be a free jazz pioneer, liberating percussion from its timekeeping role. The composer and saxophonist John Zorn referred to Graves as "basically a 20th-century shaman."

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Prof at Home Painting

Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

Graves in the Garden

Bata Wormhole

Milford Graves Full Mantis

River of Fundament

Earthquake Clips