Yekatit

Mulatu Astatke · 1974 · Titre-phare du LP Yekatit: Ethio Jazz, compilé sur Éthiopiques 4

Context

Track that gives its name to the LP Yekatit: Ethio Jazz (1974), included on Éthiopiques 4. Mulatu plays keyboards and vibraphone there, with tenor, flute, trumpet, guitar, bass and drums, in 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)
• Gubelye (1974)
• Yèkèrmo Sèw (1972)
• Netsanet (1972)
• Tezeta (1972)
• Motherland Abay (2013)

Sources

• allaboutjazz.com
• EN: Mulatu Astatke

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