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Mulatu Astatke

Mulatu Astatke is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fatoumata Diawara, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, The Heliocentrics and Duke Ellington. Those roots explain a lot about how Mulatu Astatke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Fela Kuti, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Dorothy Ashby and Yusef Lateef, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cut Chemist, Quantic, The Daktaris, The Heliocentrics and Oddisee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Mulatu Astatke, reaching back through Fatoumata Diawara and forward to Cut Chemist. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Mulatu Astatke is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered the father of "Ethio-jazz".

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Mulatu AstatkeFatoumata DiawaraAlèmayèhu EshètéThe HeliocentricsDuke EllingtonCut ChemistQuanticThe DaktarisThe HeliocentricsOddiseeMadlibNasDamian MarleyAlèmayèhu EshètéFela KutiEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam…Dorothy AshbyYusef LateefAlice ColtraneHugh MasekelaThe Sorcerers

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Mulatu Astatke connections

Mulatu Astatke grew out of Fatoumata Diawara, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, The Heliocentrics and Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Fela Kuti, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou and Dorothy Ashby, went on to shape Cut Chemist, Quantic, The Daktaris and The Heliocentrics. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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