Milford Graves, Andrew Cyrille
Dialogue Of The Drums (LP)
LabelIPSGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / EX- (minimal wear and sticker removal residue)
Two of the three or four most important drummers in the music, alone on a stage, playing directly at each other. Milford Graves and Andrew Cyrille came out of very different places - Graves from Queens and Latin bands and his own private research, Cyrille from eleven years with Cecil Taylor - and Dialogue Of The Drums is the sound of those two vocabularies being laid side by side without either giving ground. No horns to hide behind, no pulse to fall back on, just enormous rhythmic invention sustained across a full LP. Released on their own label in 1974.
Original IPS pressing, self-released. A summit meeting, and a genuine rarity.
Release notes
This album is the result of working musical association between Milford Graves and Andrew dating back to April of 1969. Since that time they have coordinated and performed concert hall engagements, cultural center appearances, and performed a work for NBC Television. It should be noted that on most of these occasions the efforts and talents of the drummer Rasheid Ali were also incorporated. Acknowledgement should also be made to pianist, composer, Cecil Taylor whose program for the musical…
| A1 | Message To The Ancestors | 10:14 | |
| A2 | Blessing From The Rain Forest | 6:16 | |
| A3 | Nagarah | 3:04 | |
| A4 | Rejuvenation | 5:19 | |
| B1 | The Soul Is The Music | 7:46 | |
| B2 | The Substance Of The Vision | 7:07 | |
| B3 | Call And Response | 6:13 |
- Fred Seibert
- Engineer [Engineering Assistance]
- Bob Alpert
- Photography By
- Marten Derksen
- Photography By
- Milford Graves
- Producer
- Andrew Cyrille
- Producer
