Ubunye ‘Ubunye’ CD (33 Jazz) 5/5 1st April 2022.Alex “Apolo” Ayala ‘Bámbula’ CD (Truth Revolution) 4/5 3rd April 2022.Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz ‘Desert Equations: Azax Attra (Made to Measure Vol.8)’ LP/CD (Crammed Discs) 3/5 4th April 2022.Rumpistol ‘Isola’ LP (Raske Plader) 3/5 9th April 2022.Tom Sochas ‘The Sorcerer’ LP (Khumbu) 3/5 16th April 2022.Hüm ‘Don’t Take It so Personally’ CD (Losen) 5/5 16th April 2022.McCoy Tyner / Freddie Hubbard ‘Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1986’ 3LP/2CD (Jazzline Classics) 5/5 17th April 2022.Various ‘Saturno 2000 – La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-1983’ 2LP/CD (Analog Africa) 5/5 18th April 2022.Ilmiliekki Quartet ‘Ilmiliekki Quartet’ LP/CD (We Jazz) 4/5 22nd April 2022.Tord Gustavsen Trio ‘Opening’ CD (ECM) 3/5 23rd April 2022.Mulatu Astatke will perform live on two evenings in October 8 and 9 at the Village Underground in London.Īpparel Partner UK Vibe Records Album Reviews The first is the final number, ‘Surma’ with Malian diva Fatoumata Diawara on lead vocals while ‘Gumuz’ is an infectious groove that features some folk-tinged guitar with subtle hints of Afro-Beat and the vocals of Tesfaye. For vocal excellence, two numbers stand out. The looser and freer sounding ‘Assosa Derache’ actually has echoes of Miles’ ‘Bitches Brew’ to it with Mulatu featured on vibes. Embellishing the ensemble sound is the delightful flute of James Arben who doubles up on clarinet and saxophones on other pieces.
More traditional in its use of instrumentation is the excellent ‘Hager Fiker’ on which uniquely sounding Ethiopian instruments such as the washint and krarr can be heard. The fun starts for fans of the lengthy instrumental pieces Astatke is famed for on the introspective and reflective hues of ‘Gambella’ which begins softly with cello accompaniment from Danny Keane, but gradually builds into a bubbling, mid-tempo percussive number with horns and lead vocals supplied by fellow Ethiopian Tesfaye and some of those trademark subtle electric piano licks from Astake himself. A first single ‘Gama’ has been released and is essentially a vocal vehicle.
#Mulatu astatke sketches of ethiopia update
Whereas the latter had a more traditional feel, the new recording combines this classic sound with a more modern update on the Ethio-jazz style. Fast forward to the present and Mulatu has now hooked up with a British-based collective of musicians, the Steps Ahead band, having formerly performed with The Heliocentrics. His music became even more widely known as a result of filmmaker Jim Jarmusch falling in love with the Ethiopiques CD and deciding to feature the music as the soundtrack to the 2005 film ‘Broken Flowers’ featuring Bill Murray among the stellar cast.
#Mulatu astatke sketches of ethiopia series
Seventy-year-old Ethio-jazz keyboard maestro Mulatu Astake first came to prominence as one of the most interesting of a fascinating collection in the Ethiopiques CD series compiled by French musicologist Francis Falceto.
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