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Mulatu Astatke

Mulatu Astatke is credited on 120 releases across 73 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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120

Pressings credited

73

Albums

7

Decades active

90

In collections

Biography

Mulatu Astatke (Amharic: ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ, romanized: mulatu ästaṭḳe; French transliteration: Astatqé; born 19 December 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered the father of "Ethio-jazz". Born in Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston where he combined his jazz and Latin music interests with traditional Ethiopian music. Mulatu led his band while playing vibraphone and conga drums—instruments that he introduced into Ethiopian popular music—as well as other percussion instruments, keyboards, and organs. His albums focus primarily on instrumental music, and Mulatu appears on all three known albums of instrumentals that were released during the Ethiopian Golden Age of Music in the 1970s.

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Credited work

120 releases · 73 albums · active 1966–2025

  • Performance · 370
  • Other credits · 19
  • Production · 1

Studios: Babel Studio · Shoebox Studio, Los Angeles · Conny's Studio · Studio Electra

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