Mulatu Astatke (born 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger best known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in the westernEthiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu trained in London, New York City, and Boston ...

Most of us don’t think of music as a science. Mulatu Astatke, the Ethiopian vibraphonist who created the style known as “Ethio-jazz,” says he’s never thought of his invention as anything else. “I’ve ...

Ethiopian percussionist Mulatu Astatke — widely recognized as the father of Ethio-Jazz — wants the sub-genre he helped kickstart nearly 60 years ago to have a more prominent role on the world stage.

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Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time. Last month in London, the 82-year-old pioneer, who has done much to bring his ...

Jazztopad, the internationally renowned Polish jazz festival held in Wroclaw, returns for its 11th edition from 13 – 23 November 2014. This year promises to be a tremendously exciting festival, with ...

Mulatu Astatke at The Met in 2016 (more by Sachyn Mital) When [Mulatu Astatke] returned home in 1969 it was with the idea of creating a more ambitious musical fusion. In Addis Ababa he discovered an ...

Mulatu Astatke struggled for decades before his name became associated worldwide with a musical genre and he was finally born as the father of Ethio-jazz.

During the second half of the 20th century, cosmopolitan Ethiopians were delighted to see jazz giant Duke Ellington receive their country’s Medal of Honor from Emperor Haile Selassie. At the same time ...

Ethio-jazz was the thrilling sound of 1960s and ’70s Ethiopia, blending traditional music with funk and soul before a dictatorship killed off the genre. Now, it's making a comeback. Ethiopia’s jazzmen ...

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