ZENA - Anchi Bale Gamé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpfBcWmtP2E
Kokoroko keyboardist and synth player Yohan Kebede and British bassist and producer Menelik.
"shoutout Tewodros Mekonnen shoutout Mahmoud Ahmed shoutout Admas shoutout Tesfaye Lemissa shoutout everybody else who has been involved in the story of this iconic tune! we’re so honoured to be able to contribute to the legacy of this song and what it means for all of us! enjoy x"
Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/girma-beyene-akale-wube/
“Mistakes on Purpose” is an album released in 2017, where Girma Bèyènè, singer, arranger, and a living legend of Ethiopian Pop, meets one of the best Western bands (from France) whose repertoire is inspired by Ethio-jazz.
Girma Bèyènè disappeared from the Addis Abeba music scene in 1981. Miraculously, he was invited by the exiled producer […]
Monkey System by Black Flower (Feat. Meskerem Mees)
https://youtu.be/tW2OdonMfgg
#EthioJazz from #Belgium
Arat Kilo (France) + Mamani Keita (Mali) + Mike Ladd (USA)
Live in 2018 - Vizeplio
https://youtu.be/jDAqIEK_2Bk
Their 5th album "Danama" will be released next March.
The Story of Ethio Jazz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/story-ethio-jazz-mulatu-astatke/
Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached […]
#60smusic #70smusic #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #MulatuAstatké
For the (hardcore) musicians around here, learn or extend your knowldege about the "Ethiopian Pentatonic Scales."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-_R9sycN7w
In the above video's description on YouTube, there are plenty of playlists with examples for each scale type (yes, there are multiple scales...).
Mulatu Astatke – Sketches of Ethiopia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-sketches-ethiopia/
Sketches of Ethiopia is the first internationally distributed studio album by Ethiopian musician, composer, and arranger Mulatu Astatke, released in 2013.
The album’s closing track is “Surma”, a collaboration with the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who co-wrote the song with Astatke.
#Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #Mali #MulatuAstatke
The Shaolin Afronauts – Follow The Path
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-shaolin-afronauts-follow-the-path/
The driving force of The Shaolin Afronauts is Ross McHenry, composer, bandleader, producer and bassist based in Adelaide.
2011’s debut album “Flight Of The Ancients” was a critical and commercial success story. The follow up “Quest Under Capricorn” further cemented the bands reputation for forging their own very particular sound. [...]
Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hailu-mergia-walias-band/
The first full length album by The Walias Band & Hailu Mergia, recorded and released in 1975 by the band’s own label. At Zula Club he and his mates formed Walias Band and did something no other band in Ethiopian nightclub history had done: they started buying their own musical instruments. Until then the club […]
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (RIP)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/emahoy-tsegue-maryam-guebrou/
Since the 80s, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (born in Addis Ababa in 1923) had been living quietly in a small cell of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem (the Debre Genet or “Sanctuary of Paradise” monastery on Ethiopia Street), between God and her piano, after a life shaped by exile, both political and self imposed. […]
Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish / Zulum Aldunya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sharhabil-ahmed-argos-farfish-zulum-aldunya/
Sharhabil Ahmed, also known as the “King of Sudanese Jazz,” was born in 1935 and is the founding father of the Sudanese Jazz scene. His aim was to modernize Sudanese music by bringing it together with western influences and instrumentation. Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from [...]
#60smusic #AfroFunk #Ethiojazz #Jazz #Soundcloud #Sudan #OldAfricanMusic
Black Jesus Experience – Ethiobop
https://amf.didiermary.fr/black-jesus-experience-ethiobop/
Ethiobop is a track from album “Migration” in 2014 by Black Jesus Experience, an Ethio-Jazz band from Melbourne, well known for years of Australian performances as Mulatu Astatke‘s band. They blend traditional Ethiopian music with modern hip-hop and funk grooves.
Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané – Heywèté
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tesfa-maryam-kidane-heywete/
The saxophonist Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané was one of the most remarkable stylists of his generation and between 1965 and 1972 emerged as a brilliant, inspired player. Tesfa Mariam got his start with the Police Orchestra in Asmara. After his stints with the second Ras Band & The All Star Band. He left Ethiopia to study at […]
#70smusic #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Instrumental #MulatuAstatké #AfroJazz
