Mulatu Astatke - Afro-Latin Soul rare his flair for idiosyncratic metaphors

his flair for idiosyncratic metaphors and his deadpan wit are all still as sharp as ever

Little Fictions was recorded in Scotland and Manchester and sees the band collaborate with the string players of The Halle Orchestra

he spent his summers as a deckchair attendant

and a concomittant indeterminacy on all levels

Mulatu Astatke - Afro-Latin Soul rare his flair for idiosyncratic metaphorsStrut continue their work with the Godfather Of Ethio Jazz, Mulatu Astatke, with the rest of official reissues of his early classics Afro Latin Soul Volumes 1 and 2 from 1966, recorded as The Ethiopian Quintet. Arriving after Astatkes life changing years studying at Berklee College in Boston, the albums were the rest experiments in his pioneering sound, fusing Ethiopian cultural music with Afro Latin and jazz forms. I have always felt a deep