Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Plays Mulatu Artist_Mendes Brothers After performing at a sold

After performing at a sold out Royal Albert Hall on his 29th birthday

the work represents what the Icelandic composer called "a distillation of a lot of influences and obsessions

in the 20th Century

taking its time revealing new layers of sophistication and growth in Burch’s always charming songcraft

hip hop and soul as more traditional jazz sources

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Plays Mulatu Artist_Mendes Brothers After performing at a soldStrut presents Mulatu Plays Mulatu, the first major studio album in over 10 years from the father of Ethio jazz, Mulatu Astatke. 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 60s and early 70s. The album was recorded between London and Addis Ababa, working with his long standing UK band, a tight,