Milford Graves
American jazz drummer
Died when: 79 years 176 days (953 months)Star Sign: Leo
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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