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Mulatu Astatke – Father of Ethio-Jazz
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Mulatu Astatke is considered the father of Ethio-Jazz. Musically trained in London, New York and Boston, he combined jazz and latin influences with traditional Ethiopian music to provide a unique jazz style.
Mulatu Astatke
His style of jazz has been popular and helped build his reputation as an innovator in jazz music. In the 1970’s, he played with Duke Ellington and collaborated extensively with the Either/Orchestra. His music has appeared in the film, ‘Broken Flowers‘, is part of ‘Ethiopiques‘, and in music he has produced for some East African musicians including Mahmoud Ahmed.
He was a an Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA and is currently working as an advisor to the MIT Media Lab on creating a modern version of the krar, a traditional Ethiopian instrument, in addition to lectures and workshops.
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