CULTURETECHLENSMulatu Astatke
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Combined Graph record U-01225 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0206. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Ethiopian musician and composer Mulatu Astatke, born December 19, 1943 in Jimma, is regarded as the founder of Ethiopian jazz, known as Ethio-jazz, fusing Western jazz with Ethiopian instruments, melodies and rhythms (per Contemporary Musicians biography, Gale via Jrank).
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Ethiopian musician and composer Mulatu Astatke, born December 19, 1943 in Jimma, is regarded as the founder of Ethiopian jazz, known as Ethio-jazz, fusing Western jazz with Ethiopian instruments, melodies and rhythms (per Contemporary Musicians biography, Gale via Jrank).
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- Role(s): musician
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- Mulatu of Ethiopia — authored by → this record
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- https://reference.jrank.org/biography-2/Astatke_Mulatu.html (verification source · master store)
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Ethiopian musician and composer Mulatu Astatke, born December 19, 1943 in Jimma, is regarded as the founder of Ethiopian jazz, known as Ethio-jazz, fusing Western jazz with Ethiopian instruments, melodies and rhythms (per Contemporary Musicians biography, Gale via Jrank).
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