Giuseppi Logan - More(1966)

Giuseppi Logan - More(1966)

Tracklist:
1 - Mantu
Bass - Reggie Johnson 6:11

2 Shebar
Bass - Reggie Johnson 13:18

3 Curve Eleven 8:42

4 Wretched Sunday
Bass - Eddie Gomez 10:48

Personnel:
Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Written-By - Giuseppi Logan
Drums, Percussion - Milford Graves
Piano - Don Pullen

Recorded 1.5.65 at Town Hall. Released in 1966.

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JCOA - Communication (1965)

JCOA - Communication (1965)

Track listing1."Roast" (Carla Bley) - 12:25
2."Day (Communications No. 4)" (Michael Mantler) - 2:25
3."Communications No. 5" (Michael Mantler) - 25:50

Personnel:
Michael Mantler - trumpet
Roswell Rudd - trombone
Steve Lacy soprano saxophone
Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
Fred Pirtle baritone saxophone
Paul Bley - piano
Willie Ruff - french horn (track 1)
John Tchicai - alto saxophone (track 1)
Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone (track 1)
Eddie Gomez - bass (track 1)
Milford Graves - drums (track 1)
Ray Codrington - trumpet (tracks 2 & 3)
Robin Kenyatta, Ken McIntyre - alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
Bob Carducci - tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
Kent Carter, Steve Swallow - bass (tracks 2 & 3)
Barry Altschul - drums (tracks 2 & 3)

Live album by Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Recorded December 29, 1964 & April 10, 1965
Genre Jazz
Length 40:40


Communication is the debut album by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra featuring compositions by Michael Mantler and Carla Bley performed by Paul Bley, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Lyons, Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Fred Pirtle, Willie Ruff, Ken McIntyre, Robin Kenyatta, Bob Carducci, Kent Carter, Steve Swallow, Milford Graves, and Barry Altschul. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1965.

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Albert Ayler - Love Cry

ALBERT AYLER - Love Cry (Impulse!, 1968)

Albert Ayler: alto & tenor saxophones, vocals
Donald Ayler: trumpet
Call Cobbs: electric harpsichord
Alan Silva: bass
Milford Graves: drums

1. Love Cry
2. Ghosts
3. Omega
4. Dancing Flower
5. Bells
6. Love Flower
7. Love Cry?
8. Zion Hill (alternate take)
9. Universal Indians (alternate take)
10. Zion Hill
11. Universal Indians

From the time he was signed to Impulse in 1966, it was assumed that Albert Ayler's releases on that label would be motivated by an attempt at commercialism. While the music was toned down from his earlier ESP recordings, by no means did Ayler ever make commercial records. Much in the same way John Coltrane's later-period Impulse releases weren't commercial, Ayler simply took advantage of a larger record company's distribution, trying to expose the music to more people. Ayler's uncompromising musical freedom mixed with his catchy combination of nursery rhythms and brass band marches remained prominent on Love Cry. The interplay between the Ayler brothers also remained fiery as younger sibling Donald is heard playing trumpet for the last time on a recording with his brother. Donald was fired from the band (at the suggestion of Impulse) and, unfortunately, was committed to a mental institution for a short stay after these sessions were made. The rhythm section of Alan Silva on bass and Milford Graves on drums continually instigates and propels this music into furious militaristic march territory. Unhappily, the four tracks in which Call Cobbs is featured on harpsichord tend to drag the music down; it's unfortunate his gospel-inspired piano or organ playing couldn't have been utilized instead. The CD reissue contains alternate takes of "Zion Hill" and "Universal Indians." (from AMG)

HERE

Don Pullen & Milford Graves - In Concert at Yale University

Don Pullen & Milford Graves - In Concert at Yale University Vol. 1 (SRP, 1966)

Don Pullen: piano
Milford Graves: percussion

1. P.G. I
2. P.G. II

Un concert mémorable autoproduit et seulement édité à 100 exemplaires, le rip n'est pas terrible, si quelqu'un a une version de meilleure qualité, ça serait bien de l'envoyer pour que je remplace celle-ci...

HERE

(You can check the second volume NOMMO that I have already uploaded here.)

Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble with Sunny Morgan

Milford Graves: drums, bells, gongs, shakers
Sunny Morgan: drums, bells

1965 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Milford Graves - Meditation Among Us

Kaoru Abe: sopranino & alto saxophones
Mototeru Takagi: tenor saxophone
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, alto horn
Toshiyuki Tsuchitori: drums, percussion
Milford Graves: drums, percussion, piano, voice

Review

by Thom Jurek

Recorded in 1977, Meditation Among Us is the collaboration of American vanguard jazz drummer Milford Graves with a Japanese jazz quartet which included trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, saxophonist Kaoru Abe, drummer Toshi Tsuchitori (who also plays piano on this session), and bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa. There are two long selections here, credited to Graves, but they feel like completely free improvisations. The blowing intensity on any Graves' date is intense, but here it is over the top, as the Japanese players attempt to match his intensity -- something they only succeed at in part. The reedy tones of Kondo and Abe contrast well with Graves tom-tom heavy approach, but as the drummer continually plays in triple, and even quadruple time, their soloing comes off more as bleats of sound than an articulation of musical ideas. In other words, this date, feels more like tonal improvisation at a very fast pace, rather than any extended harmonic engagement. To whit, there is also a distinct lack of dynamic tension here, as everything is played in overdrive, making listening an arduous chore after 15 minutes, rather than revelation.

1977 MEDITATION AMONG US

Milford Graves Trio - Festival Sons D'hiver 2008

Posted in 2008 by Boromir from inconstant sol

Milford Graves Trio
Festival Sons d'Hiver
Salle Gérard Philipe,
Bonneuil-sur-Marne,
France
17 february 200872:55

Kidd Jordan (tenor sax)
William Parker (double bass)
Milford Graves (drums, percussion, voice)

1. Unknow 6:51
2. Unknow 16:28
3. Unknow 5:59
4. Unknow 7:43
5. Unknow 14:40
6. Unknow 7:23
7. Milford speak 4:41
8. Unknow 7:30
9. Milford speak 1:40

Looking through Graves's discography on the net, I was surprised how relatively few commercial recordings he's made, considering he was one of the pioneers of freejazz in the 60s, so has been around a long time. I see he's a teacher and healer so maybe they are his main interests. It was great then to come across one of his rare performances on dime.

Kidd Jordan was not a name I'd come across until recently. He's also a real veteran whose played with artists as diverse as Ray Charles and Cecil Taylor. Like Graves, he is also a teacher.

Not much to say about Parker that's hasn't already been said. You almost expect him to be present on these kind of gigs. He holds these pieces together brilliantly and has a few brief but inspired solos.

All the tracks are high-octane improvisational stuff. It's an audience recording (thanks to "cosmikd" for seeding), of resonable, but not excellent, quality, so I'll post MP3 version only.


2008 FESTIVAL SONS D'HIVER 2008 (bootleg)

Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves, William Parker - Beyond Quantum

Anthony Braxton: saxophone
William Parker: bass
Milford Graves: percussion

2008 BEYOND QUANTUM
Review

Peter Brötzmann, William Parker & Milford Graves @ CBGB'S (29/03/2002)

Peter Brötzmann: reeds
William Parker: bass
Milford Graves: percussion

2002 Live at CBGB (Bootleg)

Don Pullen & Milford Graves

Don Pullen / Milford Graves
Discogs

1967 Nommo