Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010) {Strut STRUT056CD rec 2007-2009}
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010) {Strut STRUT056CD rec 2007-2009}
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Jazz / Ethio Jazz / Modal Music / Post Bop / Afro Beat / Afro-Cuban Jazz / Vibes
Mulatu Astatke already has a legendary status as the father of Ethio Jazz. But he hasn't been content to rest on his laurels. Instead he's forged ahead. This album proves very different from his work with the Heliocentrics (some of whom do feature here), or with the Either/Orchestra – it's an album of what is essentially a meandering, laid-back groove that looks at music from two angles – the Western and the Ethiopian. The former gets to stretch out on cuts like the opener, the reflective "Radcliffe," and "The Way to Nice." Ethiopia raises its head on "I Faram Gami I Faram," which some luscious Addis Ababa singing, a reworking of the style that made Astatke's name, and actually of one of his old compositions.
But it can also be heard in the flute on "Ethio Blues," or the ways Astatke's vibraphone resembles a balafon in "Green Africa." "Assosa" is a true trip into rural Ethiopia, based on traditional music, while "Mulatu's Mood" crosses the continent to put another of the man's older pieces in a highlife framework and highlight the connections between styles. What's interesting is how much of a backseat Astatke is happy to take, rarely venturing out front for a solo (and even then they're brief, more like punctuations), but always powering things along as part of the rhythm section. The exception is on "Boogaloo," at heart Western enough until Astatke takes it to Ethiopia over the groove, and then an Ethiopian fiddle holds it in strange, beautiful territory. A beautiful album that adds to Astatke's stature.
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010) {Strut STRUT056CD rec 2007-2009}
Personnel:
Congas, Timbales, Vibes Mulatu Astatke
Group The Either/Orchestra
Trumpet Tom Halter
Trumpet Dan Rosenthal
Trombone Joel Yennior
Saxophone Russ Gershon
Saxophone Godwin Louis
Saxophone Kurtis Rivers
Piano Josh Rosen
Bass Rick McLaughlin
Drums Pablo Bencid
Congas, Percussion Vicente Lebron
Washint Henry Cook
Balafon, Strings Leo Blanko
Masenqo Endalkachew Adunya
Trumpet Byron Wallen
Bass Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone James Arben
Claves, Congas, Guiro, Percussion Jack Yglesias
Cello Daniel Keane
Masenqo Indris Hassan
Krar Masale
Drums Kofi Adu
Bass Davide Mantovani
Keyboards Kaidi Tatham
Krar Zodu Amare
Washint Abu
Imbilta, Malakat, Nagarit Tecloo
Vocals Gashaw
Kora Kadialy Kouyate
Washint Demsaw Wondy
Violin Raven Bush
Begena Yeten Work
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010) {Strut STRUT056CD rec 2007-2009}
tracklist:
01 - Radcliffe
02 - Green Africa
03 - The Way To Nice
04 - Assosa
05 - I Faram Gami I Faram
06 - Mulatu's Mood
07 - Ethio Blues
08 - Boogaloo
09 - Motherland
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Mulatu Astatke / Mulatu Steps Ahead
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 8
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Track 9
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EAC extraction logfile from 15. September 2010, 22:27
Mulatu Astatke / Mulatu Steps Ahead
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S203N Adapter: 0 ID: 2
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%x" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%v" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%v" -T "COMMENT=EAC V0.99 pb5, Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip,
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 7:54.27 | 0 | 35576
2 | 7:54.27 | 5:13.58 | 35577 | 59109
3 | 13:08.10 | 5:09.28 | 59110 | 82312
4 | 18:17.38 | 2:39.03 | 82313 | 94240
5 | 20:56.41 | 5:33.30 | 94241 | 119245
6 | 26:29.71 | 5:56.40 | 119246 | 145985
7 | 32:26.36 | 7:02.07 | 145986 | 177642
8 | 39:28.43 | 5:19.12 | 177643 | 201579
9 | 44:47.55 | 4:27.08 | 201580 | 221612
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Track 3
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010) {Strut STRUT056CD rec 2007-2009}
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010) {Strut STRUT056CD rec 2007-2009}
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