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The Music of Wayne Shorter through a celebratory recap by Wynton Marsalis & JLCO

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 18, 20210 comments

Wayne Shorter, who is now 87, is one of the last two great masters of the tenor saxophone that dominated the Golden Age of Jazz music. (The other is 90-years old Sonny Rollins.) When Mr. Shorter joined Wynton Marsalis and the superbly talented Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for ...

Bobby Hutcherson: oblique? Pretty straight-ahead Jazz

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

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

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 ...

Bobby Hutcherson kicks up musically beautiful dust

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

Title: The Kicker  Label: Blue Note 21437, Tone Poet Series Recorded: December 29, 1963, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA First released on CD in 1999 First released on vinyl LP in 2020   Musicians: Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Joe Henderson (tenor sax), ...

Pete La Roca: Basra is an essential Blue Note Jazz recording

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicFebruary 16, 20210 comments

I was bawled over when I first heard this music on the Music Matters Jazz 45 RPM reissue of this classic Blue Note in 2012.  The opening track – Malaguena – immobilized me with a dropped jaw and a smile. It immediately reminded me of the North African ...

Byrd in Flight by Donald Byrd celebrated Ghana’s independence

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

I have spent the evening enjoying some of the great Jazz music reissues by Blue Note in its Tone Poet Series. This one is another masterpiece by Donald Byrd. To my ears, one of the best among his recordings. This one is special because of its celebration of Ghana which had become ...

Donald Byrd (1932-2013) – CHANT: swinging post-bop Jazz

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

Donald Byrd – Trumpet Pepper Adams – Baritone saxophone Herbie Hancock – Piano Doug Watkins – Bass  Teddy Robinson – Drums   Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet Series) Recorded: Monday, April 17, 1961 Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder Location: Van Gelder ...

Chic Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

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

Chick Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was one of the most popular musicians of the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries. His work with Miles Davis at the end of the 1960s and with his own Return to Forever earned him great international acclaim.  His ...

Dexter Gordon (1923-1930) on Blue Note

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

Dexter Gordon (1923-1990)    My top ten jazz tenor saxophonists are (in alphabetical order): Tina Brooks, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Coleman Hawkins, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Buddy Tate, Ben Webster and Lester Young.    If asked to choose ...

Kenny Dorham – trumpet master

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

Kenny Dorham – trumpet master Born August 30, 1924 in Fairfield, Texas Died December 5, 1972 in New York, New York   One of the great trumpet masters and composers of Bebop/Hard Bop. His recordings on the Blue Note label stand shoulder to shoulder with those of better celebrated ...

William Byrd: Renaissance master composer of church music

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Classical MusicJuly 6, 20200 comments

Born around 1543, Byrd was a devout Roman Catholic who served as resident organist, choirmaster and composer at the Lincoln Cathedral from 1563 to 1572. His prolific musical output during his Lincoln years secured his place as one of the most celebrated Renaissance composers.    Even ...

Camille Saint Saens - Piano Concerto No. 5

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Classical MusicJuly 3, 20200 comments

Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921) was a French composer, pianist, conductor, mathematician, amateur astronomer, archeology enthusiast, lover of literature and history -- in short a multitalented man whose music is never fails to please me.  His large body of work is worth the investment ...

Edward Lee Morgan (1938-1972): lee-way

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicMay 12, 20200 comments

To my ears, Edward Lee Morgan was the best of the best trumpeters in the Hard Bop idiom.His very premature death, gunned down by his spouse while he was at work at Slug's Saloon, a club in New York City, ended a very brief but brilliant career of a young man that had enjoyed great ...

My Kind of Music: Whistle Stop with Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley et al

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicOctober 28, 20160 comments

Thursday October 27, 2016 It started snowing early this morning. First snow of the season. Cold day outside. After a long day at work, what better way to unwind than listening to KENNY DORHAM (trumpet), in the good company of Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Paul Chambers ...

Bud Powell: Genius of the piano - his music lives!

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicSeptember 27, 20160 comments

Happy birthday to all friends who were born on September 27! You share the date with the great genius of Jazz piano music - both as a composer and player. Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was born on September 27, 1924. Bud Powell Sept 27, 1924 - July 31, 1967 By the time of his premature ...

John Coltrane at 90

By Muniini K. MuleraMy Kind of Music Jazz MusicSeptember 23, 20160 comments

John Coltrane would have been 90 years old today. Whereas there have been many great Jazz Saxophone players, to my ears Coltrane is one of the top 5 (the others being Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young and Hank Mobley.)  His playing was so uniquely his that it is difficult ...

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