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After the recent death of the wonderful Chick Corea, it is sad to hear of another great improviser and drummer Milford Graves.

Milford Graves: jazz drummer dies aged 79

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/13/milford-graves-jazz-drummer-dies-aged-79


Milford Graves performing at the 2003 Vision festival in New York

Milford Graves HeArt Quintet | Vision Festival 20



Milford Graves - drums, percussion, Charles Gayle - tenor sax, Hugh Glover - alto sax, Ted Daniels - trumpet, William Parker - bass

Milford Graves led the HeArt Quintet at the 20th annual Vision Festival, an ensemble of close collaborators including William Parker, Charles Gayle, and Hugh Glover, who is best known for performing with Graves throughout the ‘70s and documented on the recording Bäbi.

From the Festival program:
Graves is a renaissance man whose original drumming is rooted in African and Caribbean rhythms. His scientific research on the effect of rhythm on the heart translates into music that moves and challenges. The members of Graves’ heart Quartet understand that rhythm is healing when it comes from the body’s rhythms and that music is most powerful when it is in tune with the heart.

Filmed and recorded July 9, 2015, for AFA Vision Festival 20 at Judson Memorial Church, NYC.

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