Milo Fine

The Minneapolis-based free jazz musician began playing drums in 1961, then piano in 1966 and clarinet in 1974. With guitarist Scott Munsell and bassist Steve Dokken, Great founded Blue Independence in 1969, which (after some name and workers changes) evolved in to the Milo Great Free Jazz Outfit. In 1975 Great began collaborating using the evidently ego-less guitarist Steve Gnitka; henceforth the Milo Great Free Jazz Outfit was essentially a duo made up of both, with guest associates occasionally added. Great has also performed and documented with Joe McPhee and Borbetomagus. In 1988 he participated in Derek Bailey’s Firm Week. Great in addition has collaborated with dancers and arranged performances of free of charge jazz around the Twin Metropolitan areas area. Great has also proved helpful as a article writer on free of charge jazz; his often caustic (if deeply sensed) criticisms had been released in Cadence newspaper for quite some time.