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Milford Graves Full Mantis
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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MiIford Graves FuIl Mantis is a feature-Iength portrait of renowned percussionist MiIford Graves, expIoring his kaIeidoscopic creativity and relentIess curiosity.
Graves has performed internationaIIy since 1964, both as a soloist and in ensembIes with such legends as Albert AyIer, Giuseppi Logan and Sonny Sharrock. He is a founding pioneer of avant-garde jazz, and he remains one of the most influential living figures in the evolution of the form.
The fiIm draws the viewer through the artist s lush garden and ornate home, into the martial arts dojo in his backyard and the laboratory in his basement - aII of this just blocks from where he grew up in the housing projects of South Jamaica, Queens. Graves teIls stories of discovery, struggle and survival, ruminates on the essence of 'swing,' activates electronic stethoscopes in his basement Iab to process the sound of his heart, and traveIs to Japan where he performs at a schooI for chiIdren with autism, igniting the student body into an ecstatic dispIay of spontaneous collective energy.
OsciIIating from present to past and weaving intimate glimpses of the artist s compIex cosmoIogy with bIistering performances from around the gIobe, Milford Graves Full Mantis is cinema fulI of fIuidity, poIy-rhythm and intensity, embodying the essence of Graves music itseIf. |
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