Muniini K. Mulera

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Roots and Herbs

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Roots & Herbs

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicOctober 20, 20220 comments

#Roots #Herbs #Art #Blakey #Jazz #Messengers #Lee #Morgan #Wayne #Shorter #Bobby #Timmons #Walter #Davis #Jr #Jamie #Merritt #Blue #Note #Mastermind #Birdie

Hard Bop, Blues and Soul – all here, in this Lee Morgan Edition of the Messengers that consistently set top-tier records to tape for Blue Note. The title tune is enchanting. One imagines one sitting with a skilled medicine man in Kahondo ka Byamarembo, in ...

Ready for Freddie - a Desert Island Disc

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 10, 20220 comments

#Freddie #Hubbard #Ready #for #Freddie #McCoy #Tyner #Art #Davis #Elvin #Jones #Blue #Note

The date: August 21, 1961 The venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood, New Jersey, USA The musicians: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Bernard McKinney (euphonium), McCoy Tyner (piano), Art Davis (bass), Elvin Jones (drums). Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder Label: Blue Note ...

Walter Davis Jr: Davis Cup

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicDecember 8, 20210 comments

#Walter #Davis #Davis #Cup #Jazz #Blue #Note #Donald #Byrd #Jacke #McLean

Walter Davis Jr (September 2, 1932 – June 2, 1990) was one the most underrecognized top tier jazz music pianists of the twentieth century. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he played with, among others, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Art Blakey ...

Someday My Prince Will Come - Miles Davis

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicNovember 13, 20210 comments

#Miles #Davis #Jazz #Someday #my #Prince #Will #Come

One never tires of Some Day My Prince Will Come, a masterful 1961 recording by Milers Davis. This is Miles at his most tender, whistling through his horn, dispensing musical bliss, shielding me from the noise of our schizophrenic world that pollutes our souls. Hank Mobley ...

Nathan Davis - Live In Paris with Georges Arvanitas Trio: The ORTF Recordings 1966/67

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 5, 20210 comments

#Nathan #Davis #Jazz

This is one of my favourite records. Swinging hard bop that is in the groove from start to finish. Very well recorded live music that gets you into the Paris club in the 1960s. Nathan Davis had a warm sound, delivered with majestic confidence. His colleagues present superb musicianship. ...