Label: JV – JV 003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Numbered / Country: US / Released: 1966 -?
Style: Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Recorded live on 30 April 1966 in concert at Yale University.
Originally released on their private Self-Reliance Project label (SRP, Milford Graves with the pianist Don Pullen): SRP Records - PG 286 (Vol. 1)
This (JV 003) is Reissue, Unofficial Release
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): S-23907 A
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B): S-23907 B
A- P.G. I ............................................................................................ 18:50
B- P.G. II ........................................................................................... 23:10
Don Pullen – piano
Milford Graves – drums, percussion
Comes in a canvas type bag instead of a cardboard paper for the outer sleeve, printed on artwork on front, back covers and inner sleeve.
Notes:
Quite nice 1966 original pressing of this extremely rare privately issued free jazz LP. Very few pressed and each copy features an unique totally hand painted cover.
The pictures (about 100 pieces), handpainted by Milford Graves.
“Hey, man, I started something, Look, I did what I did.”
(Milford Graves)
What else can be said here? A great album.
If you find it, buy this album!