Mulatu Astatke

• 180 GRAM CLASSIC LP EDITION

Worthy Records continue their essential work with the “Godfather Of Ethio Jazz”, Mulatu Astatke, with the frst offcial reissues of his early classics ‘Afro Latin Soul’ Volumes 1 and 2 from 1966, recorded as The Ethiopian Quintet. Arriving after Astatke’s life-changing years studying at Berklee College in Boston, the albums were the frst experiments in his pioneering sound, fusing Ethiopian cultural music with Afro Latin and jazz forms.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 01. The Panther (Boogaloo)
• 02. Konjit (Pretty)
• 03. Soul Power
• 04. Lover's Mambo
• 05. Love Mood For Two

• SIDE B
• 01. Jijiger
• 02. Girl From Addis Ababa
• 03. Karayu
• 04. Raina

• AFRO-LATIN SOUL VOLUME 1: LPS- 157174