Info:
Artist: Various
Album:  Ethio-Jazz Essentials
Year: 2021
Genre: Jazz
Format/Quality: .mp3 320 kbps

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Haunting, eerie, otherworldly: Epithets for Ethiopian jazz often fail to capture the sheer vibrant joy of the music that flourished in the country from the late ‘60s through the early ‘70s. When a young music student named Mulatu Astatke tried his hand at marrying traditional Ethiopian music with jazz instrumentation, the explosive combination found fertile ground in Addis Ababa, until a military dictatorship cut the moment short. Buda’s Ethiopiques series revived this neglected music in the late ‘90s, and now a new generation of musicians is taking inspiration from the genre’s pioneers, many of whom continued to perform into the 21st century.

Tracklist:
01. Samuel Yirga - Firma Ena Wereket
02. Getatchew Mekurya - Yegenet muziqa
03. Mahmoud Ahmed - Tezeta
04. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Aykedashem Lebe
05. Mulatu Astatke - Nètsanèt (Liberty)
06. Hailu Mergia and Dahlak Band - Wede Harer Guzo
07. Jorga Mesfin - Tizita
08. Debo Band - Yefeker Wegagene
09. Akalé Wubé, Genet Asefa - Alègntayé
10. Menelik Wossenatchew - Fikratchin
11. Krar Collective - Mr Astatke
12. Kamal Keila - Al Asafir
13. Getatchew Mekurya - Ambassel
14. Seifu Yohannes - Ebo Lala
15. Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
16. Hailu Mergia & The Walias - Yemiasleks Fikir
17. Alemayehu Eshete - Yeqer aynèssa
18. Jorga Mesfin - The Kind Ones
19. Papa Chango - Heavy Lode
20. Tsegue-maryam Guebrou - The Homeless Wanderer
21. Girma Beyene - Yebeqagnal
22. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Michael Leonhart - Ethio
23. Samuel Yirga - Abet Abet
24. Debo Band - And Lay
25. Getatchew Mekuria, The Ex - Sethed seketelat
26. Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)
27. Asmara All Stars, Temasgen Yared - Ykre Belni
28. Seyoum Gebreyes, Alèm-Girma Band - Yagèré djègna
29. Hailu Mergia - Semen Ena Debub
30. Gabriella Ghermandi - Be Kibir
31. Mahmoud Ahmed - Endenesh gedawo
32. Alemayehu Eshete - Nèy-Nèy wèlèba
33. Tesfa-maryam Kidane - Heywete
34. Jorga Mesfin - Yeabay Gizo
35. Todd Simon, The Angel City All Star Brass Band - Sidama de Cali
36. J-Azmaris - Far From Ambasel
37. The Budos Band - Origin of Man
38. Girma Beyene, Akalé Wubé - Muziqawi Silt
39. J-Azmaris - Aha Gedawo
40. Mulatu Astatke - Kulunmanqueleshi (Stereo Master)
41. Girum Gizaw - Ere Mela Mela
42. Hailu Mergia - Gum Gum
43. Akalé Wubé - Erikum
44. Ménélik Wossenachew - Tezeta
45. Getatchew Mekuria, The Ex - Eywat setenafegagn
46. Alemayehu Eshete - Yètentu feqratchen
47. Girma Beyene, Akalé Wubé - Ené Nègn Bay Manèsh
48. Mahmoud Ahmed - Atawurulegn lela
49. Debo Band - Blue Awaze