They call him the father of Ethio-Jazz. He was born in Ethiopia in 1943. He studied in London, New York and Boston. He was the first African student at the prestigious Berklee College of Music.
“Duke has been my hero for years and years. When we studied music at Berklee, we used to do a lot of analyzing of big band works, some of which were Duke Ellington. To play my arrangement with his band was my happiest day in my life”. We read in Exlaim.ca
Mulatu Astatke collaborated with Duke Ellington in the early '70s, and brought out as a producer many artists of East Africa, among them Mahmoud Ahmed.
He plays vibraphone and other musical instruments, composes, arranges. His influences from jazz and latin music, as well as from the traditional music of Ethiopia, helped him to find his own way of expression and abolish the borders that existed between different worlds and cultures.
He became known to the wider public from the composition "Yegelle Tezeta", which appeared on the soundtrack in director Jim Jarmusch’s 2005 film "Broken Flowers " His contribution to the music of Ethiopia was great.
Dates:
19 April 201320 April 2013
20 April 2013
Starting time
22:00Ticket Prices
- A zone: 45
- B zone: 35
- Standing: 25
Location
Gazarte