Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke (* 1943 in Jimma ; Amharic ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ ; name variant Astatqé ) is an Ethiopian musician ( vibraphone , percussion , keyboard ) and radio host . He is known as the "father of ethio jazz".
Live and act
Astatke came from a wealthy Ethiopian family and went to school in Great Britain in 1956 with the plan to become an aircraft engineer. There he discovered and developed his musical interest; he played the clarinet and percussion instruments. Astatke first received a classical musical education in London , then discovered his inclination for jazz in New York City . Eventually he went to Boston , where he was the first African student at Berklee College of Music and switched to the vibraphone. He became known in professional circles in the 1960s when he combined Western jazz and Latin American music with traditional Ethiopian music and thus created a new style, Ethiojazz . In 1971 he performed with Duke Ellington .
Back in Ethiopia, he founded the African Jazz Village , a mixture of music school and club. As a radio presenter and TV host, he made his compatriots aware of his own rich musical history. Since 2001 he has worked with the US Either / Orchestra ; In 2009 he was on tour with the Heliocentrics . He recorded a joint album with the band, Inspiration Information .
In 2005 the film director Jim Jarmusch used pieces by Astatke in the soundtrack of his film Broken Flowers and helped the musician to gain new fame. On October 9, 2014, the 71-year-old started a European tour with his six-member band in the Düsseldorf Tanzhaus .
Mulatu Astatke lives in Addis Ababa and is married to an English and mathematics teacher . The couple have a son and a daughter.
Discography
- Maskaram Setaba 7 "(1966, Addis Ababa Records, US)
- Afro-Latin Soul, Volume 1 (1966, US)
- Afro-Latin Soul, Volume 2 (1966, US)
- Mulatu Of Ethiopia , LP (1972, Worthy Records, US)
- Yekatit Ethio-Jazz , LP (1974, Amha Records, Ethiopia)
- Plays Ethio Jazz , LP (1989, Poljazz, Poland)
- Ethio Jazz: Mulatu Astatke Featuring Fekade Amde Maskal
- Mulatu Astatke
- Assiyo Bellema
- Ethiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974 , CD (1998, Buda Musique, France)
- Music from Broken Flowers - Contribution to the soundtrack of the film (2005, Universal, Berlin)
- New York - Addis - London. The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965–1975 , CD (2009, Strut)
- Inspiration Information , with The Heliocentrics CD (2009, Strut)
- Mulatu Steps Ahead , CD / 2xLP (2010, Strut, Germany)
- Mochilla Presents Timeless Mulatu Astatke - recorded live on February 1, 2009 in Los Angeles, CD + DVD / LP / MP3 (2010, Mochilla)
- Sketches of Ethopia ( Harmonia Mundi , 2013)
Web links
- Mulatu Astatke at Allmusic (English)
- Mulatu Astatke at laut.de
- Berklee Spotlight: Echoes in Africa (English)
- Jazz from the Horn of Africa: 'Ethiopiques' , NPR , July 16, 2006, with audio files
- Mulatu Astatke: the man who created 'Ethio jazz' (2014) in The Guardian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spex presents: Mulatu Astatkwe & Heliocentrics Live in Berlin and Hamburg ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ulrich Stock: Löwen klöppeln , in: Die Zeit , October 22, 2009, No. 44
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Astatke, Mulatu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Astatqé, Mulatu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jimma |