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Africa: 50 Years of Music - 50 Years of Independence

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Various ArtistsAfrica: 50 Years of Music: 50 Years of IndependenceSterns2010 “In my country alone, there are 80 ethnic groups and 200 dialects," says the Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango in an interview in the booklet enclosed with this box set. “So it's hard to talk about Cameroonian music ...

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Arthur Verocai: March 15, 2009

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Arthur VerocaiMarch 15, 2009Mochilla2010 A commercial flop on original release, and forgotten but for a cult following prepared to pay top dollar for used copies, Brazilian songwriter Arthur Verocai's self-produced debut, Arthur Verocai (Continental Records, 1972), was rereleased on the Ubiquity label in 2003. By then, the disc ...

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Mulatu Astatke: February 1, 2009

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Mulatu AstatkeFebruary 1, 2009Mochilla2010 For the first 40 years of his professional life, composer and vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, remained practically unknown outside his own country. That changed in 2005, when his atmosphere-laden recordings were featured extensively on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch-directed movie ...

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Michele Giuliani: Widespread Roots

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Pianist Michele Giuliani--born in Baritone--is one of the emerging talents of the Italian jazz scene. After years of constant experimentation--from progressive rock music to funk and jazz--the 34 year-old completed Roots (Zeitgeist, 2009), the sum total of all his musical experiences, named for the diversity of influences and cultures featured in Giuliani's music. Giuliani ...

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Mulatu Astatke: Mulatu Steps Ahead

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L'iter di Mulatu Astatke nel reame della coolness musicale dei nostri giorni prosegue senza sbavature: dalla riscoperta tramite la serie Ethiopiques alla celebrità radical-chic ottenuta con la colonna sonora del film di Jim Jarmush, passando per gli eccellenti dischi con la Either/Orhcestra (Live in Addis e con gli Heliocentrics (Inspiration Information 3, il musicista etiope si ...

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Mulatu Astatke: The Man and His Influence

Mulatu Astatke: The Man and His Influence

Mulatu Astatke is a musical titan, in the same league as the likes of Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade, yet he was first recognized to most people when The Paris-based world music record label, Buda Musique devoted the entire 4th installment of their respected series, Ethiopiques, to his compositions in 1998. Astatke was born in ...

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Inspiration Information

Label: Jazz Village
Released: 2009

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