Hailed as one of the most influential jazz musician to emerge from the African continent, Ethiopian keyboard player and percussionist Mulatu Astatke returns to the UC Theatre in Berkeley, playing two ...

When [Mulatu Astatke] returned home in 1969 it was with the idea of creating a more ambitious musical fusion. In Addis Ababa he discovered an upsurge of activity in the world of the arts and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopian percussionist Mulatu Astatke — widely recognized as the father of Ethio-Jazz — wants the sub-genre he helped kickstart ...

Jazztopad, the internationally renowned Polish jazz festival held in Wroclaw, returns for its 11th edition from 13 – 23 November 2014. This year promises to be a tremendously exciting festival, with ...

Kay Kaufman Shelemay receives funding from none at present. I have held many national fellowships in the past, including from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Mulatu Astatke] Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience. Last month ...

I know, I know. The response to this question is always "does it matter?" And the answer is usually "no." This album is OK, but nothing more than that. It is a mixture of stuff, often characterless, ...

Enjoy another playlist that tries to prove that great music does not usually happen on a major label, or in a Spotify bunker somewhere, especially when it is music as eclectic and creative as this one ...

If jazz is a dead language, “Inspiration Information 3” (Strut) is speaking in tongues. This music is a revelation, sensual and brainy, rhythmically daring and melodically lush. The signifiers of jazz ...

Mulatu Astatke (born 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger best known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in the westernEthiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu trained in London, New York City, and Boston ...

The last time we checked in with Ethiopian jazz pioneer/composer/multi-tasker Mulatu Astatke, we spent some time pondering how to categorize his "Ethio-jazz." It's ...

You’d expect a conversation with Mulatu Astatke to be about music. He is, after all, the father of a musical genre: Ethio-jazz. But when he talks about the art form, he tends to focus on its ...