AFRICA 45 #03 by MULATU ASTATKE

Mulatu is an Ethiopian born instrumentalist, composer and arranger extraordinaire. Schooled in the UK and then the USA, Mulatu fuses jazz, latin and traditional Ethiopian styles to create a unique sound, most commonly referred to as Ethio-jazz.Over the past decade years he has gained much exposure via the Ethiopiques series, a collaboration project with the Heliocentrics, and through the inclusion of �Yegelle Tezeta� - featured here - in the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch's film, �Broken Flowers�, starring Bill Murray.