Graves, Milford, 1941-2021

found: Davidson, L. Lowell Davidson Trio [SR] 197-?:container (Milford Graves, percussion)

found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Graves, Milford (Robert); b. 8-20-41, New York; drummer)

found: African American National Biography, accessed April 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Graves, Milford; percussionist, music educator, jazz musician, drummer; born 20 August 1941 in New York, United States; worked with Miriam Makeba (1960s); featured at October Revolution concerts (1964); member of Jazz Composer's Orchestra Association (1964-1965); recorded with Giuseppi Logan for the ESP label; taught at Black Arts Repertory Theater and Bennington College (1973); worked with John Zorn and recorded for Zorn's Tzadik label; reunited with New York Art Quartet (2000))

found: New York times online, February 20, 2021(obituary dated February 19, 2021: Milford Graves; Milford Robert Graves; born August 20, 1941, in Queens; died February 12 at his home in South Jamaica, Queens; jazz drummer; also an herbalist, acupuncturist, martial artist, impresario, college professor, visual artist/sculptor, student of the human heartbeat, and inventor; started the Self-Reliance Project record label to release his own albums and became involved in actions on behalf of student protesters and revolutionary groups; taught at Bennington College for 39 years)