Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal (Inventory Press, 2022)

NOW SHIPPING! Milford Graves: A Mind-Body DealEdited by Anthony Elms, Celeste DiNucci, and Mark Christman Introduction by Mark Christman. Contributors include Blake Bradford, Rhea Combs, John Corbett, Joel T. Fry, Melvin Gibbs, Hugh Glover, Milford Graves, Jean-Daniel Lafontant, Moor Mother, Fred Moten, Jake Nussbaum, William Parker, Jenn Pelly, Min Tanaka, Carlo Ventura, and others. 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches, 256 pages, softcover978-1-941753-37-8Design by IN-FO.COCo-Published by Inventory Pressand Ars Nova Workshop Milford Graves was a revelatory force in music beginning in the mid-1960s, transforming the role of the drums in jazz by using them not just as a timekeeper but as a dynamic and influential improviser. Instrumental in the Free Jazz movement, he created groundbreaking work with Albert Ayler, the New York Art Quartet, Min Tanaka, and John Zorn, and led the way in artistic self-production. But his kaleidoscopic genius was not bound by music, leading him to develop an oeuvre unpre