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Cast

Milford Graves

Milford Graves

David Murray

David Murray

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Ming Smith

Ming Smith

Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris

Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris

Stanley Crouch

Stanley Crouch

Crew

Doug Harris

Doug Harris

Director

Milford Graves

Milford Graves

Music

David Murray

David Murray

Music

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Speaking in Tongues

19820.0 / 1074 min
Music, Documentary

Overview

Doug Harris's 1982 avant-garde jazz film Speaking in Tongues was funded by German Public Television channel ZDF and broadcast throughout Europe when it was first released. The now rarely seen work features saxophonist David Murray, percussionist Milford Graves, and poet-playwright and novelist Amiri Baraka, and serves as a tribute to Albert Ayler, a tenor saxophonist who was a leader in the free-style jazz movement before his mysterious death in 1970.