This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Mulatu, and not as Astatke.
Mulatu Astatke
ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ
Mulatu Astatke performing live at Cosmopolite in Oslo in 2017
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".
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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_Ethiopian Modern Instrumentals Hits_ (Amha, 1974), _Yekatit Ethio Jazz_ (Amha, 1974), and _Hailu Mergia and The Band Wallias_ (Ethio Sound Records, 1975).
MulatuAstatke (Amharic: ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ, romanized: mulatuästaṭḳe; French pronunciation: Astatqé; born 19 December 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger...
score was composed by MulatuAstatke. "There Is an End" (Holly Golightly with The Greenhornes) - 3:05 "Yegelle Tezeta" (MulatuAstatke) - 3:14 "Ride Yu Donkey"...
music and musicians Alemayehu Eshete, Tilahun Gessesse, Mahmoud Ahmed, MulatuAstatke and others were prominent in this era. After the downfall of the Derg...
Australia. Since 2009 they have been best known for collaborations with MulatuAstatke as well as a growing discography of independent work. Black Jesus Experience...
of Ethiopian instrumental music in collaboration with vibraphonist MulatuAstatke, whose role as a bandleader and composer was also a major influence...
Records. This was followed by collaborations with Ethiopian musician MulatuAstatke on the album Inspiration Information (2009), which was awarded that...
instruments with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Andre 3000, Floating Points, MulatuAstatke, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down, Heliocentrics, London Brew and Zed-U...
Sample credits "As We Enter" contains samples of "Yegelle Tezeta" by MulatuAstatke. "Tribes at War" contains a sample from "Tribal War" by Earl Lowe. "Friends"...
artists signed to the company include ethio-jazz figures as Aster Aweke, MulatuAstatke, Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete, saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya; klezmer...
Golden Age of Ethiopian music. The popular Ethio-Jazz genre pioneered by MulatuAstatke was created from the Tizita qañat of the Amhara combined with the use...
their own albums but have also issued collaborations with DJ Shadow, MulatuAstatke, Lloyd Miller, Orlando Julius and Melvin Van Peebles. Apart from his...
form of jazz that evolved in Ethiopia in the likes of the music of MulatuAstatke, also referred to as the King of Ethio-jazz. 1950s -> Ethno jazz Ethno...
Loren Allred Eric André (2005) Ingrid Andress Ivory Aquino Dave Askren MulatuAstatke (1959) Victor Bailey (1979) Andrew Bayer (2009) Kenny Beats Marco Benevento...
"African Jazz" A style of music also known as Ethio-jazz, exemplified by MulatuAstatke South African jazz, sometimes called "African jazz" This disambiguation...
international supermodel Mazi Melesa Pilip – Ethiopian-born American politician MulatuAstatke – musician and arranger, father of Ethio-Jazz Naomi Girma – soccer player...
included Alemayehu Eshete, Bizunesh Bekele, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hirut Bekele, MulatuAstatke and Tilahun Gessesse. List of record labels Éthiopiques Kaifa Records...
and afrobeat including artists Patrice Rushen, Sun Ra Arkestra and MulatuAstatke. The label was "acquired and re-launched in January 2008." The label...
including the Ibex Band, Menelik Band, Mahmoud Ahmed, Tilahun Gessesse and MulatuAstatke. He mostly worked with Ambassel Records, while AIT Records was a secondary...
influential musician of the period, however, was Ethio-jazz innovator MulatuAstatke. Amha Records, Kaifa Records, and Philips-Ethiopia were prominent Ethiopian...
Is Coming, The Heliocentrics), drummer Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet, MulatuAstatke, Hello Skinny), vocalist Kushal Gaya (Zun Zun Egui), bassist Ruth Goller...
Lincoln, Ahmad Jamal, Archie Shepp, Eddie Harris, Cassandra Wilson, MulatuAstatke, and many more too numerous to mention. It has hosted top-drawer funk...