It’s easy to see why Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, and the London-based Heliocentrics hit it off from the moment they met. The 68-year-old Astatke has spent his life developing new and ...

Mulatu Astatke is an innovative multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and the founder of Ethio Jazz. Born in Jimma, Ethiopia, Mulatu Astatke studied at Lindisfarne College and Trinity College of ...

Ethiopian musician and arranger Mulatu Astatke has announced Mulatu Plays Mulatu – his first major studio album in over ten years – alongside the release of new single, "Netsanet". Known for changing ...

Sketches of Ethiopia is, extraordinarily, the first album Mulatu Astatke, the godfather of Ethio-jazz, has recorded with his own band for an international label of influence. It has been a long time ...

Mulatu Astatke, having waited 40 years for the international acclaim he now has, seemed perfectly happy to be just a modest contributor to the dense widescreen sound created by the 11-piece line-up of ...

"This music is our music. This belongs to Africa" are Mulatu Astatke's first words in this DVD of his live performance at the Luckmann Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. As the creator of Ethio-jazz, Astatke ...