The Scientist of Sound

Thursday 27th of October 2016 Teatro Espace Turin Mulatu Astatke is a musician composer arranger and Ethiopias cultural ambassador Hes known as the godfather of ethiojazz a unique blend of jazz traditional Ethiopian music latin caribbean reggae and afrofunk Born in 1943 in Jimma Mulatu studied music not only in Ethiopia but also in UK and USA In 2005 he contributed to the soundtrack of Jim Jarmuschs film Broken Flowers reaching a new public worldwide