Mulatu Astatke Vinyl

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Mulatu astatke vinyl. His band is members of the either orchestra a boston area semi big band with a recording in the ethiopiques series 20. Mulatu of ethiopia is the third album astatke recorded in new york for the worthy label but the first with a recognisably ethiopian character. Just got the new mulatu astatke recording mulatu steps ahead strut 056cd. Recorded in new york the album arrived at a time when astatke had begun to master the delicate fusion of styles needed to create ethio jazz.

It was apparent from the outset that it was going to be very strong. Mulatu astatke is widely regarded as the father of ethiopia s jazz scene so it s only fitting that he should get an instalment of the renowned ethiopiques series all to himself. Born in the western ethiopian city of jimma mulatu was musically trained in london new york city and boston where he combined his jazz and latin music interests with traditional ethiopian. Lloyd miller the heliocentri cs lloyd miller.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2009 vinyl release of new york addis london the story of ethio jazz 1965 1975 on discogs. Born 19 december 1943 is an ethiopian musician and arranger considered as the father of ethio jazz. Since collaborating with the heliocentrics in 2009 for strut he has continued recording and is a major draw on the global. I believe this is his first recording of all new material since the 70s.

Its predecessors afro latin soul volume 1 and volume 2 were made with nuyorican musicians while astatke was studying at berklee college of music in the mid 1960s and are generic latin. Buy afro latin soul volume 1 2 by mulatu astatke on strut. There are some.

4 8 out of 5 stars 13. The recognisably african influences on this music are surprisingly understated with astatke s schooling at berklee college of music shining through revealing an accomplished musician and arranger. Strut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of african music mulatu astatke s mulatu of ethiopia from 1972. The pioneer of ethio jazz mulatu astatke developed his sound through studies in the uk during the 50s and a series of seminal recordings for domestic label amha before travelling to new york to record the mulatu of ethiopia album.

Mulatu astatke mulatu of ethiopia worthy lp 1972 listen buy. Available on vinyl lp cd. Download mp3 wav flac. The best of mulatu astatke vinyl mulatu astatqe.

Mulatu astatke is first and foremost a composer but also a multi instrumentalist playing the vibraphone keyboards and organs. 4 8 out of 5 stars 7.