Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal

[T.D.]

Just noticed this new book is shipping:

http://www.inventorypress.com/product/milford-graves-a-mind-body-deal

Warning: it's not a biography. Rather (from above link):

This fully illustrated catalogue includes documentation from the exhibition A Mind-Body Deal, including hand-painted album covers and posters, idiosyncratic drum sets, recording ephemera, multimedia sculptures, photographs, costumes, and artifacts from his scientific studies. This first-ever overview of Graves as a creative polymath attempts to unlock his unique habitat by gathering his intricate, multifaceted work and exploring the practices and predilections of this extraordinary jazz mind.

[Pim]

Does look pretty awesome. I wasn't aware his creativiness covered so many areas of art. 

[clifford_thornton]

I'm looking forward to it. This exhibition and the "Fundamental Frequency" exhibition which was at Artists' Space in NYC (and will be traveling to the MCA in Los Angeles) are/were both great. I contributed record jackets (all my Milfords are heading to LA) and did some advising here and there, and am really stoked to have experienced the results.