Milford Graves

Groundbreaking early work from drummer Milford Graves and pianist Don Pullen – a set of long, free improvisations that were originally issued on Graves' Self-Reliance Productions label – combined here for the first time ever! The music is even more striking than sounds from the time on the ESP label – and also really predates some of the freer work of this type from the European scene – as Graves is a monster on the drum kit and a range of percussion, reaching out with this scope of sound and deft command of his hands that's simply breathtaking – matched by energy from Pullen that really surpasses some of his later work too – almost Cecil Taylor-like vibes at points, mixed with other elements that are in a more familiar mode for the pianist. The set features five long improvisations, each a numbered variant with the title "PG"

PERSONNEL:

• Milford Graves - drums
• Don Pullen - piano

Recorded at Yale University on April 30, 1966.

TRACKS:

• 01. P.G. I
• 02. P.G. II
• 03. P.G. IIIv
• 04. P.G. IV
• 05. P.G. V