2009 Strut Records compilation assembling Mulatu Astatke recordings made between 1965 and 1975 across Addis Ababa, New York and London, documenting the emergence of Ethio-jazz in real time through his pioneering fusion of Ethiopian melodies, Latin rhythms and American jazz.
Featuring cornerstones of the Ethio-jazz genre including “Tezeta,” “Yèkèrmo Sèw” and “Mulatu,” the collection captures Ethiopia’s musical golden age before the political upheaval of the mid-70s.
Alongside the Éthiopiques series and Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers, the compilation helped cement Mulatu Astatke’s later reputation as the globally revered father of Ethio-jazz through the international crate-digger, jazz and world music rediscovery movement of the 1990s and 2000s.
Label: Strut Records
Format: Double 12" Vinyl
Tracklist:
1. Y K Rmo S w
2. I Faram Gami I Faram
3. Shagu
4. Mulatu
5. Fikratchin
6. Y Gell Tezeta
7. Asiyo Bellema
8. Emnete
9. Lanchi Biye 1
10. Yefikir Tizita 1
11. Y Katit 1
12. Ebo Lala 1
13. Wubit 1
14. D w L 1
15. Mascaram Setaba 1
16. Girl from Addis Ababa 1
17. Kasal Fkut Hulu 1
18. N Tsan T 1
19. En Alantchie Alnorem 2
20. Tezeta
2009 Strut Records compilation assembling Mulatu Astatke recordings made between 1965 and 1975 across Addis Ababa, New York and London, documenting the emergence of Ethio-jazz in real time through his pioneering fusion of Ethiopian melodies, Latin rhythms and American jazz.
Featuring cornerstones of the Ethio-jazz genre including “Tezeta,” “Yèkèrmo Sèw” and “Mulatu,” the collection captures Ethiopia’s musical golden age before the political upheaval of the mid-70s.
Alongside the Éthiopiques series and Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers, the compilation helped cement Mulatu Astatke’s later reputation as the globally revered father of Ethio-jazz through the international crate-digger, jazz and world music rediscovery movement of the 1990s and 2000s.
Label: Strut Records
Format: Double 12" Vinyl
Tracklist:
1. Y K Rmo S w
2. I Faram Gami I Faram
3. Shagu
4. Mulatu
5. Fikratchin
6. Y Gell Tezeta
7. Asiyo Bellema
8. Emnete
9. Lanchi Biye 1
10. Yefikir Tizita 1
11. Y Katit 1
12. Ebo Lala 1
13. Wubit 1
14. D w L 1
15. Mascaram Setaba 1
16. Girl from Addis Ababa 1
17. Kasal Fkut Hulu 1
18. N Tsan T 1
19. En Alantchie Alnorem 2
20. Tezeta
