Posts Tagged by Mulatu Astatke
Ethiopia’s Mulatu Astatke honored at Boston music school
| May 13, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
BOSTON — The largest independent college of contemporary music in the world has awarded honorary degrees to the Eagles and Grammy Award-winning country singer Alison Krauss at a ceremony in Boston. The city’s Berklee College of Music also has honored influential Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, an alumnus. The artists were honored during the school’s commencement… Read more
Ethiopia’s Mulatu Astatke spreads jazz around the world
| June 13, 2011 | Posted by admin under Interviews |
Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke is gaining global recognition for his work. He is known as the godfather of Ethio Jazz – a term he coined when studying music in the United States. BBC East Africa Correspondent, Will Ross, tracked him down in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Watch Video: Mulatu Astatke spreads jazz around the… Read more
Ethiopian Jazz: Thrilling Music That You Should Hear
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Contemporary Ethiopian musicians reinvigorate traditional jazz stylings for new audiences in America and Addis Ababa. By: Salamishah Tillet 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, by contrast, a Berklee College… Read more
Ethio-Jazzman
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Ethiopian music legend Mulatu Astatke invented Ethio-Jazz. With a whole new generation of fans and collaborators he’s just as innovative today. Master musician and composer, Mulatu Astatke, is fresh from Addis Ababa. He has flown into London from Ethiopia to do press on his forthcoming album Mulatu Steps Ahead and to attend DJ Gilles Peterson’s… Read more
Golden Age of Ethiopian Jazz is coming back
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
ADDIS ABABA (The Economist)- Aficionados are hoping for a revival of the golden age of Ethiopian jazz, as players who emigrated westward a generation ago, especially to America, come home amid the global recession. Tafari Assefa now plays his drums in a band at the bar of the Jupiter Hotel, one of the fancier newer… Read more
A Conversation With Mulatu Astatke: On Heliocentrics, Ethio-Jazz and Ellington
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under Interviews |
Rivaling Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Franco, Tabu Ley Rochereau, and a handful of others, Mulatu Astatke ranks among the most influential African musicians of all-time. The father of Ethio-Jazz, the Berklee-trained Mulatu was the first of his countryman to fuse American jazz and funk, with native folk and Coptic Chuch melodies. The leading light… Read more
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