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Mulatu Astatke · 1974 · Compilé sur Éthiopiques 4, enregistré à Addis-Abeba

Context

Track from the second half of Éthiopiques 4, from the 1974 sessions with vibraphone, tenor, flute and trumpet. The review describes American jazz and jazz-rock filtered through Ethiopian pentatonic scales.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Ethio-jazz. Among the origins and influences of Ethio-jazz: Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Modal.

By the same artist

• Yègellé Tezeta (1974)
• Yekatit (1974)
• Yèkèrmo Sèw (1972)
• Netsanet (1972)
• Tezeta (1972)
• Motherland Abay (2013)

Sources

• allaboutjazz.com

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