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Mulatu Astatqe

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Most people are now discovering Mulatu Astatqe's music after it featured strongly on the soundtrack of Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005, US), but he has been a pioneer of Ethiopian jazz since the 1950s. Read more on Last.fm
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Most people are now discovering Mulatu Astatqe's music after it featured strongly on the soundtrack of Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005, US), but he has been a pioneer of Ethiopian jazz since the 1950s. His music blends jazz, reggae, funk and African styles but sounds quite unlike anything else. Go here for further background on Astatqe and an introduction to his music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Mulatu+Astatqe">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.