sounds of all over
Negarit Band and Friends (Nick Mazzarella, alto saxophone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, Ethiopia (Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa), published 5/13/20
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (b. 1923 [Ethiopia], piano), live, Jerusalem (where she moved in 1984), c. 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Ayaléw Mesfin, “Katefahu Liketa,” 1970s
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Hasabe (My Worries), 2018
what’s new
Madlib Meets Ethiopian Legend Ayaléw Mesfin, 11/29/18
sounds of Ethiopia
Hailu Mergia, live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
summer heat—
today, all day
the playful clouds—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue with assistance from Sakuo Nakamura)
There’s Amsterdam.
There’s Ethiopia.
And there’s Amsterdam in Ethiopia.
The Ex & Han Bennink (drums), Ethiopia, 2002
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Getatchew Mekurya (1935-2016), c. 1972
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“Tezeta,” “Muziqa heywete,”
passings
Getatchew Mekurya, saxophonist, March 14, 1935-April 4, 2016
Live with The Ex (music begins at 2:25), Netherlands (Nijmegen), 2011
sounds of Ethiopia
Mahmoud Ahmed & Badume’s Band, “Era Mela Mela,” live, Switzerland (Geneva), 2010
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Someday I will be remembered in the past tense as today, her birthday, my mother is.
achieving world peace: a how-to guide
Last night, at FitzGerald’s (see the last two posts), everybody was intoxicated by music. Violent behavior? None. Here, at this club 7,500 miles away, the story’s the same, as you’ll see. The way to world peace seems plain: put a club on every corner.
Fendika, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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