Ethanopium mulatu astatke biography

Ethiopian multi-instrumentalist (born 1943)

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The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Mulatu, and not as Astatke.

Musical artist

Mulatu Astatke (Amharic: ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ, romanized: mulatu ästaṭḳe; French pronunciation: Astatqé; born 19 December 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered as the father of "Ethio-jazz".

Briefly detail Mulatu's personal history at home and abroad, which culminated in his All except for “Ethanopium” are performed by Mulatu Astatke.

Mulatu Astatke (born on December 19, ; surname sometimes spelled Astatqé on French-language releases: Mulatu Astatqé) is an Ethiopian musician and.

Born in Jimma, the largest city in South-Western Ethiopia, Astatke trained in jazz and Latin music, initially in London during the s and.

This is an unpublished thesis written in to complete the requirements for a Bachelor of Music (Honours) at Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia.

"Ethanopium", a cover of a song by Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke, was included in the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch's film Broken Flowers.

Born in Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston where he combined his jazz and Latin music interests with traditional Ethiopian music. Mulatu led his band while playing vibraphone and conga drums—instruments that he introduced into Ethiopian popular music—as well as other percussion instruments, keyboards, and organs.

His albums focus primarily on instrumental music, and Mulatu appears on all three known albums of instrumentals that were released during the Ethiopian Golden Age of Music in 1970s.^[1]

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