Mulatu astatke musical instrument

Mulatu Astatke (Amharic: ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ mulatu ästaṭḳe; French pronunciation: Astatqé; born 19 December 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered as the father of Ethio-jazz.

Born in the western Ethiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston where he combined his jazz and Latin music interests with traditional Ethiopian music.

Mulatu astatke musical instrument

Astatke led his band while playing vibraphone and conga drums—instruments that he introduced into Ethiopian popular music—as well as other percussion instruments, keyboards, and organ. His albums focus primarily on instrumental music, and Mulatu appears on all three known albums of instrumentals that were released during Ethiopian Golden 1970s.

Mulatu's family sent the young Mulatu to learn engineering in Wales during the late 1950s.

Instead, he began his education at Lindisfarne College near Wrexham be