Sketches of Ethiopia

~ Release by Mulatu Astatke (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Azmari
recording of:
Azmari
writer:
Russ Gershon
5:01
2Gamo
additional guitar:
Jean-Baptiste Saint-Martin
additional kora:
Kandia Kora (singer)
additional percussion:
François Verly
lead vocals:
Tesfaye
recording of:
Gamo
writer:
ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke) and Gerssu
5:16
3Hager Fiker
additional percussion:
François Verly
recording of:
Hager Fiker
6:09
4Gambella
additional kora:
Kandia Kora (singer)
additional percussion:
François Verly
lead vocals:
Tesfaye
recording of:
Gambella
writer:
ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke) and Kute Ojulu
6:13
5Assosa Derache
additional cello:
Eric Longsworth
additional flugelhorn:
Christophe Leloil
additional guitar:
Jean-Baptiste Saint-Martin
additional percussion:
François Verly
additional tenor saxophone:
François Cordas
recording of:
Assosa Derache
writer:
ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
10:04
6Gumuz
additional guitar:
Jean-Baptiste Saint-Martin
additional percussion:
François Verly
lead vocals:
Tesfaye
recording of:
Gumuz
writer:
Tesfaye
6:31
7Motherland Abay
additional kora:
Kandia Kora (singer)
additional percussion:
François Verly
recording of:
Motherland Abay
writer:
ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
8:34
8Surma
recording engineer:
Jean Lamoot (in 2013-03)
additional mixer:
Terry Mak (in 2013-04)
additional percussion:
François Verly
lead vocals:
Fatoumata Diawara
recorded at:
Studios Ferber in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2013-03)
mixed at:
Teddy Mak Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2013-04)
recording of:
Surma
writer:
ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke) and Fatoumata Diawara
4:43

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Yishak Gezahegne
photography:Alexis Maryon
mixer:Nicolas Baillard (French sound engineer)
Demus (producer, engineer) (in 2012-10)
Gérard de Haro (from 2012-01 until 2013-01)
producer:ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
additional recording engineer:Gérard de Haro (from 2012-01 until 2013-01)
Nicolas Baillard (French sound engineer) (in 2013-01)
recording engineer:Antonio (Recorded Mulatu Astatke's Sketches of Ethiopia) (in 2012-02)
Demus (producer, engineer) (in 2012-02)
Maettku (in 2012-05)
editor and mastering:Nicolas Baillard (French sound engineer) (in 2013-05)
bass and double bass:John Edwards (UK double bassist, free improviser)
cello:Danny Keane (jazz piano/cello)
clarinet, flute, oboe and tenor saxophone:James Arben (saxophonist, woodwinds player)
flute [washint]:Yohanes Afwork
keyboard:ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
Alexander Hawkins (British jazz pianist and organist)
Danny Keane (jazz piano/cello)
krar [krarr]:Messale Asmamow
membranophone:Tom Skinner (drums)
other instruments [masinko]:Indris Hassun
percussion:Richard Olatunde Baker
piano:ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
Alexander Hawkins (British jazz pianist and organist)
trumpet:Byron Wallen
vibraphone:ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
choir vocals:Memeru
additional arranger:James Arben (saxophonist, woodwinds player)
arranger:ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ (Mulatu Astatke, Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke)
Danny Keane (jazz piano/cello)
recorded at:Fish Factory Studio (London, England, UK, recording studio) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2012-02)
Maettku Studio in Ādīs Ābeba (Addis Ababa), Ethiopia (in 2012-05)
Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (in 2013-01)
mixed at:Music Box 2 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2012-10)
Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (in 2013-01)
mastered at and edited at:Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (in 2013-05)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5329253 [info]
ASIN:FR: B00B7TRZ5G [info]