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 ...

Free for All: The best Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers record?

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicOctober 18, 20220 comments

#Art #Blakey #Jazz #Messengers #Wayne #Shorter #Cedar #Walton #Reggie #Workman #Free #for #All #Blue #Note #MMMJ

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Free for All Blue Note – BST 84170 Is this the best Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers? That’s a hard question, of course. However, to my ears, the answer is yes. Well, until I listen to other Blakey and TJM recordings by ...

Freedom - Kenny Burrell's hidden masterpiece

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicOctober 12, 20220 comments

#Kenny #Burrell #Freedom #Blue #Note #Cuscuna

FREEDOM! This swinging album led by Kenny Burrell, the great guitarist from Detroit, was first released in Japan in 1980. Recorded in 1963 & 1964 for Blue Note, the tapes sat in the vaults untouched until they were discovered 16 years later by Michael Cuscuna. (Mr. ...

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 ...

Freddie Redd Quintet’s Shades of Redd: my kind of desert island music

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicJanuary 1, 20220 comments

#Freddie #Redd #Blue #Note #Jazz

Freddie Redd Quintet: Shades of Redd Blue Note BLP 4045 Recorded August 13, 1960, Mono Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder Released May 1961 Musicians: Freddie Redd – piano Jackie McLean – alto saxophone Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone Paul Chambers – ...

Gil Mellé's Patterns in Jazz: Underrated gem

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicDecember 30, 20210 comments

#Gil #Melle #Jazz #Blue #Note #Music #Matters #Jazz #MMJ

Underrated. Underappreciated. Underplayed. Underpromoted. These are the words that flow through my mind when I listen to Arab Barber Blues, Nice Question and other tracks on this 1956 Blue Note recording. This is swinging, enjoyable music. The rhythm section alone is worth the ...

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 ...

Blowing in from Chicago - Clifford Jordan and John Gilmore

Blowing in from Chicago - Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicNovember 6, 20210 comments

#Clifford #Jordan #John #Gilmore #Jazz #Bebop #Blue #Note #Chicago

Blowing in from Chicago Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone John Gilmore – tenor saxophone Curly Russell – bass Art Blakey – drums Blue Note BLP 1549 Mono Recorded March 3, 1957 Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder Hackensack, New Jersey Produced by Alfred Lion ...

Dexter Gordon's indispensable Jazz record "GO!" turns 59

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicAugust 28, 20210 comments

#Dexter #Gordon #Jazz #Blue #Note #GO

Exactly 59 years ago today, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon entered Rudy van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA for his third recording session for Blue Note Records that produced what is generally considered his very finest record ever. From the tape ...

Freddie Hubbard and the enchanting sound of the trumpet

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicAugust 24, 20210 comments

#Freddie #Hubbard #Trumpet #Jazz #Blue #Note

I am very partial to the trumpet in jazz music. To my ears, Louis Armstrong was and is the master of the instrument. However, within the Be Bop, Hard Bop, Modal and Post-bop/Modern styles that form the bulk of my listening, I have players that sit atop a very long list ...

Stanley Turrentine: That’s Where It’s At

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicAugust 15, 20210 comments

#Turrentine #Blue #Note #Tone #Poet #Jazz

Stanley Turrentine: That’s Where It’s At Blue Note BST 84096 Recorded January 2, 1962 Released September 1962 Blue Note Tone Poet Series B0031592-01 Format: Vinyl LP, 180 gm Remastered by Kevin Gray Produced by Joe Harley Released September 11, 2020 Musicians: ...

McCoy Tyner: Expansions

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicAugust 11, 20210 comments

#McCoy #Tyner #Jazz #Expansions #Blue #Note

McCoy Tyner: Expansions Blue Note BST 84338 Recorded August 23, 1968 Released June 1970 This reissue: Blue Note Tone Poet Series vinyl LP B0033004-01 Released: August 6, 2021 Musicians: McCoy Tyner – Piano Woody Shaw – Trumpet Gary Bartz – Alto saxophone & ...

Smokin at The Half Note - Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery

Smokin' at The Half Note - Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicMay 28, 20210 comments

#Wynton #Kelly #Wes #Montgomery #Half #Note #Jazz

Wynton Kelly Trio Wes Montgomery Label: Verve V/V6-8633 Recorded: June 1965 at the Half-Note, New York City; and September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. Musicians: Wes Montgomery – Guitar Wynton Kelly – Piano Paul Chambers ...

Tina Brooks: Forgotten tenor saxophonist in life, revered by connoisseurs in death.

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 20, 20210 comments

#Tina #Brooks #Blue #Note #Jazz #Hard #Bop

Tina Brooks. Tina, as in tiny or teeny because of his small size and gentle, shy nature. A name hardly known, yet up there with the best tenor saxophonists of the Golden Age of Jazz music. Tina Brooks belongs in that top tier club that had in its ranks people like John Coltrane, Hank ...

Bobby Hutcherson: oblique? Pretty straight-ahead Jazz

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 17, 20210 comments

#Hutcherson #Oblique #Blue #Note #Tone #Poet #Herbie #Hancock #Albert #Stisnon #Joe #Chambers #Jazz

Title: Oblique Label: Blue Note ST-31963, Tone Poet Series Recorded: July 21, 1967, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA First released in January 1979 Blue Note Tone Poet reissue in 2020 Musicians: Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Herbie Hancock (Piano), Albert ...

Bobby Hutcherson: sublime musical happenings

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 17, 20210 comments

#Bobby #Hutcherson #Happenings #Blue #Note #Music #Matters #Jazz #Herbie #Hancock #Bob #Cranshaw #Joe #Chambers #Jazz

Title: Happenings Label: Blue Note ST-84231, Music Matters Jazz 45 RPM Limited Edition Recorded: February 8, 1966, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA First released in January 1967 Music Matters Jazz reissue in 2011 Musicians: Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Herbie ...