Biography
Milford Graves (August 20, 1941 β 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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GenderMale
Birthday1941-08-20
Deathday2021-02-12 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceSouth Jamaica, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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