91st birthday of Eric Dolphy

(Born 20 June 1928, Los Angeles, US)

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

MULTIINTRUMENTALIST genius whose compositions, recordings and evocative soloing with any of his chosen instruments (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, bassoon, oboe...) in his multicombo-led settings and across a range of collaborative ensembles (especially those headed by drummers Chico Hamilton and Max Roach, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianists George Russell and Andrew Hill, alto and tenor saxophonist Oliver Nelson, tenor and soprano saxophonist John Coltrane, and bassist Charles Mingus) have a distinctly recognisable Dolphyian signature that has impacted the jazz repertoire most profoundly

(Eric Dolphy Quartet, “Softly as in a morning sunrise” [personnel: Dolphy, bass clarinet; Herbie Hancock, piano; Eddie Khan, bass; JC Moses, drums; recorded: live, University of Illinoi, Champaign, Illinoi, 10 March 1963])

(John Coltrane Quintet, “Brasilia” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: live, at The Village Vanguard, New York, US, 1 November 1961])

(Charles Mingus Sextet – with Eric Dolphy, Cornell University 1964, “Meditations” [personnel: Mingus, bass; Johnny Coles, trumpet; Dolphy, flute, bass clarinet; Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone; Jaki Byard, piano; Dannie Richmond, drums; recorded: live, Cornell University, 18 March 1964]) 

******Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is the author of The longest genocide – since 29 May 1966 (2019) and co-author, with Lakeson Okwuonicha, of Why #DonaldTrump is #great for #Africa (2018) 

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Biafra freedom movement declares general strike across Biafra: Friday 14 September 2018

(Biafran women on freedom march, Owere, east Biafra, Friday 17 August 2018)

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

THE Indigenous People of Biafra has declared a general strike across Biafra on Friday 14 September 2018.

All Biafrans living at home and in the diaspora in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world have been asked to stay home with their families and mourn the death of over 3000 Igbo people murdered by the Fulani-led islamist/jihadist Nigeria genocidist occupation military in Biafra and its adjuncts Fulani militia* and Boko Haram** terrorists since Muhammadu Buhari, one of the vilest members of the génocidaires high command that has waged the Igbo genocide in the past 52 years, was imposed on Nigeria as head of regime in March 2015. All public services in Biafra including schools, markets, banks/other finance houses, state offices, etc., etc., will be shut down throughout the day. There will be no movement of vehicles, private or commercial.

Legacy

THIS LAST three years’ stretch of Igbo murders has been particularly horrid, the bloodiest in phase-IV of the genocide since the Nigerians launched it on 13 Jaunary 1970. Tens of thousands of Igbo have been murdered during the period. In phases I-III of the genocide, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, the genocidists murdered 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of the Igbo population at the time. The Igbo genocide is the foundational genocide of post-(European)conquest Africa.

The Buhari head-of-regime imposition was carried out by Barack Obama, former US president and first person of African descent to be elected to the position of president of the United States 233 years after the founding of the republic, and David Cameron, ex-British prime minister, whose country is a co-genocidist state in this crime of the Igbo genocide.

OBAMA’s support of the Igbo genocide constitutes the abominable legacy of his presidency.

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* & ** Fulani militia and Boko Haram are both part of the world’s five deadliest terrorist groups currently, according to the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-17/global-terrorism-index-increase/6947200, accessed 17 November 2015.

(Charles Mingus Sextet – with Eric Dolphy, Cornell University 1964, “Meditations” [personnel: Mingus, bass; Johnny Coles, trumpet; Dolphy, flute, bass clarinet; Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone; Jaki Byard, piano; Dannie Richmond, drums; recorded: live, Cornell University, 18 March 1964]) 

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