Astatke, Mulatu - Mulatu Plays Mulatu

Absolute legend alert!!! The pioneering Ethio-jazz dude, who has bridged continents and generations throughout his 50-year career, hits us with his first major studio album in over a decade.

Reshaping his classic compositions and presenting them fresh for dedicated fans to savour and for the uninitiated to discover anew, he adds rich textures, expanded improvisations and a deepened rhythmic complexity to create a body of work that feels as vital and contemporary as it does steeped in tradition.

Blending Western jazz with traditional Ethiopian instruments (krar, masenqo, washint, kebero, begena), and recorded in London and Addis Ababa, the album features masterful new arrangements, revisiting the sounds that helped to change the face of Ethiopian music during the late 60s and early 70s.

A proper celebratory set that proves Ethio-jazz, like its creator, is always in motion.

For Fans Of: Ebo Taylor / The Lijadu Sisters / Alice Coltrane / Tony Allen / The Heliocentrics / Fela Kuti / Sun Ra / Sons Of Kemet