It’s never a bad time for a Mulatu Astatke appreciation post! Shout out to the fellow vibraphonist and Ethiopian jazz legend. Credit: Slide 1: Tore Sætre Slide 2: via Mulatu’s FB Slides 3-4: Album cover art Slide 5: Unknown Slide 6: Poster by Raimond Wong Slide 7: Paul Bevan Slide 8: Unknown Slide 9: video and words below by @jazzozmentis Slide 10: A photo of Mulatu and Roy Ayers from 2013 ・・・ (Repost @jazzozmentis) Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian master musician, composer, arranger, elder of Ethiojazz, seen/heard here on vibraphone at the recent Sydney Festival concert with Melbourne group Black Jesus Experience. . . BJX delivered everything I could ask for: wild, big, big tenor sax sounds by Peter Harper, intricate and complex flugelhorn solos from Ian Dixon, great guitar from Zac Lister, drums by James Davies, congas from Nigerian-born and now Melbourne-based Olugbade Okunade, superb vocals both by Zimbabwean-Australian Mr Monk and Ethiopian-born Enushu Taye… and the privilege of witnessing, up close, a vibraphone solo by Mulatu Astatke. . . #jazz #ethiojazz #ethiojazzlegend #mulatuastatke @astatkemulatu #blackjesusexperience @alariiya #sydneyfestival #sydneyfestival2019 @sydney_festival #livemusic #magicmirrorspiegeltent #vibraphone #vibraphonejazz #afrobeats #worldmusic #melbournemusic #sydneymusic #australianmusic #aussiemusic #jazzlegend #royayers https://www.instagram.com/p/CdfQXB5uZdx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=