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From New York City to Addis Ababa: The Best of Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke
From New York City to Addis Ababa: The Best of Mulatu Astatke
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
 
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Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his — own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques...  more »

     
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All Artists: Mulatu Astatke
Title: From New York City to Addis Ababa: The Best of Mulatu Astatke
Members Wishing: 6
Total Copies: 0
Label: Strut Records
Original Release Date: 10/26/2009
Release Date: 10/26/2009
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
Style: Africa
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 730003305122

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Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his
own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch
film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a global audience and a new, younger generation of fans. In November of last year, he recorded an
inspired new album with London psych jazz band The Heliocentrics for Strut s Inspiration Information studio collaboration series. Now, Strut are proud to
present, for the first time anywhere, the definitive Mulatu career retrospective covering his landmark 60s and 70s recordings.

Mulatu is a true pioneer of African music. He was the first Ethiopian musician of his generation to travel extensively and to record abroad he studied in the
UK in Wales and at Trinity College Of Music in London, cutting his teeth on the buoyant London jazz scene of the early 60s. He became the first African student to attend Harvard and he lived and recorded in New York, developing a unique sound that fused Western jazz with traditional Ethiopian melodies. Tracing the progression of his Ethio jazz experiments with full access to all of the labels for whom he recorded, Mulatu Astatke: New York-Addis-London is the essential Mulatu. Covering his first recordings in the UK during 1965, his groundbreaking fusions for the small Worthy label in New York and his key 70s recordings back in Addis on Amha, Phillips and Axum, the album features comprehensive sleeve notes by Miles Cleret, boss of the excellent Soundway Records imprint, and rare, previously unseen photos from Mulatu s personal archive.
 

CD Reviews

Mellow funky exotic
ginsu | tv land | 11/25/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"sick sick album. the tone of the recording sounds like classic blue note. the grooves are funky latiny jazz with a strong ethiopean influence on groove and melody. one of my fav new purchases."
Definitive Ethio-Jazz groover
attentive listener | Joysey | 12/09/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mulatu Astatke invented the genre known as ethio-jazz. This release is THE definitive artifact. Ethiopian traditional + afro-cuban jazz = a new twist on what I broadly describe as afro-beats. This one is a real groover, different (more of a middle-eastern sound) than the west-african forms I'm more familar with, but no less funky. A real party starter. If you're into this kind of stuff, Strut keeps their flame burning strong. Between Strut, Analog Africa and Soundway, we are in the midst of some kind of afro-beats perfect storm, and I'm getting blown away. Now, I understand Fela's entire catalog is about to get the overhaul from the Knitting Factory label, strap yourself to something strong !"