MULATU PLAYS MULATU [VINYL]

Featuring masterful new arrangements of some of his classic compositions, 'Mulatu Plays Mulatu' finds Mulatu revisiting the sounds that helped to change the face of Ethiopian music during the late 60's and early 70's. The album was recorded between London and Addis Ababa, working with his long-standing UK band, a tight, intuitive ensemble honed through years of live performance, alongside cultural musicians resident at his Jazz Vi lage club in Addis. Mulatu Plays Mulatu realises Mulatu's long-term vision of Ethio-jazz, intricately balancing Western jazz arrangements with the rich sounds of traditional Ethiopian instruments including the krar, masenqo, washint, kebero and begena.