Muniini K. Mulera

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 ...

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 ...

Mugisha Muntu's challenge to Museveni about the army

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 24, 20200 comments

#Mugisha #Muntu #Alliance #for #National #ransformation #Alliance #ANT #Uganda #Biraaro #Museveni #Ten #Point #Programme

Mugisha Muntu, National Coordinator, Alliance for National Transformation ****************** Many of the public tributes and reflections at the recent memorial and burial services for Benoni Buta Biraaro, a retired senior officer of the Uganda People’s Defence ...

In praise of the latest Scramble for Africa

By Muniini K. MuleraOctober 28, 20190 comments

#Scramble #for #Africa #RussiaAfrica #Summit

A group photograph of 43 African rulers (and a few leaders) who met with Vladimir Putin in Sochi, at what was dubbed the “Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum,” tells the tragic story of our mentality of dependency and learnt weakness. The custodians of our continent’s ...