Live In Addis
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-11-03
Reviewed 2005-11-03
WORLD MUSIC alert!! This is #20 in the awesome "Ethiopiques" series ...
Boston-based big band plays jazz interpretations of Ethiopian songs, with Ethiopian guests -- including Mulatu Astatke (who did the soundtrack for Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers) and a few spotlight vocalists.
Contemporary jazz feel throughout, with many of the songs coming across as nearly Latin jazz. Liner notes document the E/O's trip. A nice document of what must have been a special series of concerts.
DISK ONE
1- Minor-key crime jazz, mid/fast w/long percussion intro.
2- Fairly quiet but still fast, kind of Latin. Long bass solo.
3- Chugging happy beat. Cool soprano sax solo.
4- Slow, grand, intense
5- Easygoing mid/fast mellowness. Snaps into Latin mode.
6- Rich gospel slowness, w/quavering male vocal
DISK TWO
1- Horn piece. Medieval classical feel.
2- Tango! Fun piece w/ vocal
3- Electric piano, for a jamming '70s feel. Gets into a raging percussion jam.
4- Sparse bass solo
5- Slow song w/fem. vocal, powerful and eerie
6- Ayler-like stomp, joyful, w/some pauses
7- Starts w/ twining, almost Asian theme. Gets into a slinky fast electric-piano groove. Lower fidelity sound.
Boston-based big band plays jazz interpretations of Ethiopian songs, with Ethiopian guests -- including Mulatu Astatke (who did the soundtrack for Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers) and a few spotlight vocalists.
Contemporary jazz feel throughout, with many of the songs coming across as nearly Latin jazz. Liner notes document the E/O's trip. A nice document of what must have been a special series of concerts.
DISK ONE
1- Minor-key crime jazz, mid/fast w/long percussion intro.
2- Fairly quiet but still fast, kind of Latin. Long bass solo.
3- Chugging happy beat. Cool soprano sax solo.
4- Slow, grand, intense
5- Easygoing mid/fast mellowness. Snaps into Latin mode.
6- Rich gospel slowness, w/quavering male vocal
DISK TWO
1- Horn piece. Medieval classical feel.
2- Tango! Fun piece w/ vocal
3- Electric piano, for a jamming '70s feel. Gets into a raging percussion jam.
4- Sparse bass solo
5- Slow song w/fem. vocal, powerful and eerie
6- Ayler-like stomp, joyful, w/some pauses
7- Starts w/ twining, almost Asian theme. Gets into a slinky fast electric-piano groove. Lower fidelity sound.
Recent airplay
Amlak Abet Abet
Umami Jazz Program — Aug 08, 2006
Amlak Abet Abet
Umami Jazz Program — Apr 11, 2006
Amlak Abet Abet
Found Bandaids — Jan 01, 2006
Yezemed Yebada
Memory Select — Dec 23, 2005
Shellela
Baptism of Solitude — Dec 15, 2005
Altchalkoum
Eran Mukamel — Dec 08, 2005
Charting
2005-10-30 — 2006-01-01
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 25 | 1 |
| Dec 18 | 1 |
| Dec 11 | 2 |
| Dec 4 | 2 |
| Nov 27 | 2 |
| Nov 20 | 2 |
| Nov 13 | 4 |
| Nov 6 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | Amlak Abet Abet | ||
| 2. | Muziqawi Silt | ||
| 3. | Feqer Aydelem Wey | ||
| 4. | Altchalkoum | ||
| 5. | Yezemed Yebada | ||
| 6. | Soul Tezeta | ||
| 7. | Eyeye | ||
| 8. | Antchim Endelela | ||
| 9. | Keset Eswa Betcha | ||
| 10. | Bati (Bass Intro) | ||
| 11. | Bati | ||
| 12. | Shellela | ||
| 13. | Embi Ba |