{"product_id":"peter-brotzmann-milford-graves-william-parker-historic-music-past-tense-future-2lp","title":"Peter Brotzmann \/ Milford Graves \/ William Parker - Historic Music Past Tense Future 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Editions presents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistoric Music Past Tense Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the first ever album to feature the meeting of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Brötzmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMilford Graves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilliam Parker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Three of the towering figures in the history of free jazz forge an incredibly vital free music born from lifetimes of uncompromising, ceaseless artistry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistoric Music Past Tense Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the inaugural release by Black Editions Archive and the first in a series of records that will present previously unreleased works featuring Milford Graves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"2002-03-29, in the front room of CBGBs, fourteen years after their last performance together, three of the defining musicians in Free Jazz history convened for a third and final time. Peter Brötzmann had once again successfully talked his way into the U.S. without a visa to play this concert (organized by Arts for Art) and concerts with a historic drummer of a different era, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWalter Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (organized by eremite). On March 31 and April 1, Brötzmann and Perkins recorded their duo album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ink Is Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (2003). William Parker had just returned from concerts in Italy with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid S. Ware Quartet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. On April 2 and 3 he debuted his 'Curtis Mayfield Inside Songs' project in Boston \u0026amp; Amherst. And he still found time to sit-in for the entire March 30 Brötzmann\/Perkins Amherst Meetinghouse gig. Scarcely to be found on bandstands and an even rarer presence on record, Milford Graves was a different story, a state of affairs that in 1995 prompted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThurston Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to proclaim Graves 'a living myth.' Between 1999 and 2015, Graves appears on just six recordings, two of those solo; Brötzmann and Parker combined made half as many records the same week as this gig . . . The eremite Mobile Unit happened to be in the house March 29. The trio performed on a small riser facing the front door of CBGBs, with Graves' hand-painted, Orisha-adorned double bass drum kit, captured in its full thunderous glory on this recording, occupying most of the available space . . . For this rather hastily set-up recording, Parker's small amp was placed on a barstool behind Graves' kit, yet you still clearly feel and hear Parker's vivid contributions. By 2002 Milford Graves was four decades into developing and refining his radical approach to drumming. Graves' unique and unbounded creativity across multiple mediums is only recently entering the early stages of wider discovery and appreciation . . . The music here comes from a moment of relative high visibility for the free jazz continuum. Brötzmann and Parker, among others, were taking it to the people through relentless touring...\" --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael Ehlers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2578181576\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/track=488718763\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67878147162179,"sku":"pdu1793806734956","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8020\/2819\/files\/peter-brotzmann-milford-graves-william-parker---historic-music-past-tense-future_1.jpg?v=1793806742","url":"https:\/\/petgates.shop\/products\/peter-brotzmann-milford-graves-william-parker-historic-music-past-tense-future-2lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}