Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke is an innovative multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and the founder of Ethio Jazz. Born in Jimma, Ethiopia, Mulatu Astatke studied at Lindisfarne College and Trinity College of Music in England andBerklee College of Music in Boston, USA. As a vibraphone, conga and percussion player, he has performed at numerous concerts in Ethiopia and abroad, [...]
Mulatu Astatke and the African Jazz Village
Filmmaker, Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel, visits the father of Ethio-Jazz, Mulatu Astatke, and learns about his story and the African Jazz Village in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. See more of her work at http://vimeo.com/pritheeva/videos
Mulatu Astatke Live at Ethnomechanica festival 2011
Mulatu Astatke Live at Ethnomechanica festival 2011 / Фестиваль Этномеханика
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Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethiopian jazz
ONSTAGE 68-year-old Mulatu Astatke is as subtle and understated as the Ethiopian jazz he created. The music, a hybrid of traditional Ethiopian music and jazz, is subdued, somewhat melancholy, and at times psychedelic. Mr Astatke, the originator and composer of songs in this canon, plays his principal instrument, the vibraphone, with a light touch. Between [...]
Mulatu Astatke plays theme from “Broken flowers” movie
Mulatu Astatke plays theme from “Broken flowers” movie at Novara Jazz festival 2010 day 3, may 2010
A Conversation With Mulatu Astatke: On Heliocentrics, Ethio-Jazz and Ellington
By Jeff Weiss in weiss Wednesday, Apr. 8 2009 LAWeekly
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 [...]
EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH MULATU ASTATKE, FATHER OF ETHIO JAZZ, Part 1-5
by Staff | 03.02.2009 Source: Filter-Mag.com
Part 1
We may have indie film master Jim Jarmusch to thank for placing Mulatu Astatke in many music libraries, courtesy of the soundtrack to Jarmusch’s 2005 Bill Murray vehicle, Broken Flowers. But Astatke, the father of Ethio Jazz, made history long before the film was released. Astatke, born in Jimma, Ethiopia, is known for combining jazz [...]
Ethiopian Musician Mulatu Astatke to visit MIT: Public talk October 23
For Immediate Release: Sept. 8, 2008
Contact:
Lynn Heinemann
MIT Office of the Arts
77 Massachusetts Ave, Rm E15-205
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail heine@media.mit.edu
(617) 253-5351
Cambridge, MA… Seminal Ethiopian jazz artist Mulatu Astatke will be an Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence from October 10-24 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He will present a public talk and conversation titled, “Ethiopian Contributions to the Development of World Music Instruments” [...]
Mulatu Astatke gives a primer on Ethiopian music, culture
By Corydon Ireland | Harvard News Office | March 6, 2008
It’s not easy to be a musician in most of the Third World, said legendary Ethiopian composer and musician Mulatu Astatke, who is a 2007-08 Radcliffe Fellow. Music is not typically taught in elementary schools, and in later life, opportunities for musicians are limited by [...]
Broken Flowers
Mulatu Astatke
I’m not seeing the Jim Jarmusch film until tonight, but acting on a tip from a friend with great taste, I bought the soundtrack yesterday. Talk about ‘heavy rotation’ — I’m already in danger of wearing this CD out. And all because of an aging Ethiopian musician I’d never heard of!
Bear with me on this, [...]