What is Milford Graves?
[[File:Milford Graves (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Milford Graves''', (August 20, 1941 – February 12, 2021) was an American [[Drum kit|jazz drummer]] and [[percussionist]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. He was known for his early [[avant-garde jazz|avant-garde]] works in the 1960s with [[Paul Bley]], [[Albert Ayler]], and the [[New York Art Quartet]].<ref>{{cite book | editor-first1=Michael |editor-last1=Erlewine | editor-first2=Vladimir |editor-last2=Bogdanov |editor-first3=Chris |editor-last3=Woodstra |editor-first4=Scott |editor-last4=Yanow |title=All Music Guide to Jazz |edition=2nd |publisher=Miller Freeman | year=1996|page=309}}</ref> Graves died of [[heart failure]] in New York City on February 12, 2021 at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bruce |first1=Jasper |title=Influential jazz drummer Milford Graves has passed away at 79 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/influential-jazz-drummer-milford-graves-has-passed-away-at-79-2879307 |website=NME |date=13 February 2021 |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/collections/wcuw_festivals/1981.html Audio Recordings of WCUW Jazz Festivals - Jazz History Database] * [http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/graves.htm Milford Graves discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521194338/http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/graves.htm |date=2017-05-21 }} on Mindspring.com * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5UGofIVos&index=13&list=PL41OiCiyZLi25xDi0pZK2PSJGEgLihhsj 13 episodes of Milford Graves talking] on ImprovLive 365 from 2012 (via YouTube) * [http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD53/PoD53BookCooks_Microgroove.html Milford Graves interview] at Point of Departure * [http://www.independenciarevue.net/s/spip.php?article1174 Article on Milford Graves: Full Mantis documentary] at Independencia {{DEFAULTSORT:Graves, Milford}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:American drummers]] [[Category:Deaths from heart