PRESALE - Expected Soon

Tracklist:

Amara Rumba

Mot Lèhulum Ekul Nèw  

Yèné Hassab 

Ambassel 

Lebé Men Atèfa 

Enegènagnalèn 

Eyéyé 

Hulèt Wèdo Ayhonem 

Qèlèméwa

Tebèb Nèw Tèqami  

Afriqa 

Yètezeta Roro 

Mambo No. 1 (Aznalèhu Selantè)

Adèrètch Arada

The Éthiopiques series returns! Essential archive recordings from an extremely fruitful period in Ethiopian music.

Before “Swinging Addis” took over the world, there was Moussié Nerses Nalbandian — the Armenian-born composer who shaped modern Ethiopian music. Mentor, arranger, and pioneer, he laid the foundations of Ethio-jazz.

This Éthiopiques volume revives his forgotten legacy, recorded live by Either/ Orchestra First issue ever with new exclusive photos and in depth liner 8-page insert.

“Ethiopian jazzmen are the best musicians that we have seen so far in Africa. They really are promising handlers of jazz instruments.” Wilbur De Paris (1959, after a concert in Addis Ababa).