Speaking in Tongues

Doug Harris's 1982 avant-garde jazz film Speaking in Tongues was funded by German Public Television 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.

Country:
Genre:

Music,

Documentary

Duration:

74 minutes

Year:

1982

Director:

Doug Harris

Cast:
Milford Graves

David Murray

Amiri Baraka

Ming Smith

Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris

Crew:
Doug Harris

Director

Milford Graves

Music

David Murray

Music