Addis Ababa, April 18, 2025 (AFP) - Mulatu Astatke: long journey for the 'father of Ethio-jazz'

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2025-04-18

Mulatu Astatke struggled for decades before his name became associated worldwide with a musical genre and he was finally born as the father of Ethio-jazz. Now despite that long journey and his 81 years of age, the Ethiopian music legend cannot even "think about retirement". A one-man band, equally at home with the vibraphone and the conga, a Cuban drum, he created a unique musical blend in the 1960s, a mix of traditional Ethiopian music, funk bra......

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