| Astatke, Mulatu / Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975, The |
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| Album: | Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975, The | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Astatke, Mulatu | Added: | Dec 2009 | |
| Label: | Strut-Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-02-28 | Pull Date: | 2010-05-02 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | May 2 | Apr 25 | Apr 18 | Apr 11 | Apr 4 | Mar 28 | Mar 14 | Mar 7 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 01, 2018: | deep storage Yegelle Tezeta | 4. | May 31, 2011: | broken flowers Netsanet | |
| 2. | Feb 07, 2017: | The BetelNut Sessions #2 Tezeta | 5. | Apr 19, 2011: | broken flowers Netsanet | |
| 3. | Feb 16, 2012: | Nathin' To Do Kasalefkut Hulu | 6. | Feb 22, 2011: | anti-heroine Yekermo Sew |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2010-03-01 | ||
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Mulatu Astatke (vibraphone, keyboard, composer & bandleader) Ethio-Jazz, North African rhythms meet Big Band Jazz/Latin. Most Americans heard him on the soundtrack for the film "Broken Flowers" with Bill Murray *****1: 4:13 beautiful North African melody GREAT e guitar, fantastic horns. Abrupt ending. This track has it all ***2: 2:18 Latin Salsa meets Ethio Jazz, Great percussion ***3: 3:28 wailing sax, mid fast, cool melody *****4: 5:04 cool funk e guitar, wailing sax, vibraphone, reeds 5: 3:04 slow to mid, male vocal 6: 3:14 kind of a funky groove, B3? locked groove. ****7: 2:52 Latin Mambo meets Ethio Jazz, hear Willie Bobo, Butterfield Blues Band. 8: 3:48 Latin Jazz hear Cal Tjader, burning piano, percussion 9: 3:07 mid tempo, male vocal/wail, locked rhythm, congas ***10: 4:07 cool melody with e guitar and B3 ***11: 3:53 mid fast, brass- vibraphone groove, cool percussion 12: 3:34 fast, trance dance, cool perc., call & response male vocal 13: 5:31 mid fast brass, funk e guitar, male vocal/wail 14: 3:06 fast, vibraphone & latin groove ***15: 4:13 mid-fast, almost free sax, then keyboard sax groove ***16: 5:33 mid fast, nice vibraphone funk e guitar groove ****17: 2:41 fast, beautiful North African melody, sax & e guitar groove 18: 1:50 mid tempo vibraphone, nice & mellow ***19: 4:58 slow to mid cool mellow chill sound with flute & keyboard ****20: 6:14 mid tempo, sweet melody, beautiful sax 6 sec fade D Farrell 02/2010 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Yekermo Sew | 11. | Yakatit | |||
| 2. | I Faram Gami I Faram | 12. | Ebo Lala | |||
| 3. | Emnete | 13. | Wubit | |||
| 4. | Mulatu | 14. | Shagu | |||
| 5. | Fikriratchin | 15. | Dewel | |||
| 6. | Yegelle Tezeta | 16. | Netsanet | |||
| 7. | Asiyo Belema | 17. | Kasalefkut Hulu | |||
| 8. | Girl From Addis Ababa | 18. | Mascaram Setaba | |||
| 9. | Lantchi Biye | 19. | Ene Alantchie Alantchie Alnorem | |||
| 10. | Yekitir Tezeta | 20. | Tezeta |