Featured Release: Girum Mezmur & Michael Hornstein – Authentic Ethiopia

A wide collection of traditional and contemporary authentic Ethiopian vocal and instrumental music recorded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

About the artist:

Girum Mezmur is an accoplished Ethiopian guitarist, producer and educator based in Addis Ababa. He is known for his vesatile style working in the Ethiopian jazz, pop and traditional idioms as performer and producer.

Michael Hornstein began playing the piano at the age of ten, and at fourteen, he switched to the alto saxophone, initially teaching himself under the influence of Charlie Parker. Later, he studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. In 1983, Hornstein received a scholarship and went to the Berklee College of Music. He initially worked in the field of Creative Jazz, collaborating with artists such as Fred Braceful, Sunny Murray, Joe Madrid, Albert Mangelsdorff, Udo Lindenberg, Hector Martignon, Al Porcino, Blank & Jones, Bob Dorough, Billy Hart, Peter Bockius, and Gary Peacock.

The album on Spotify:

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