Mulatu Astatke – Plays Ethio-Jazz

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Label:	Poljazz – PSJ 252, Poljazz – PSJ-252
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Poland
Released:	1989
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	African, Modal, Fusion, Funk

Tracklist

Bass Guitar – Krzysztof Ścierański (tracks: B4), Paweł Jastrzębski* (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B4)
Composed By – Mulatu Astatke
Contrabass – Zbigniew Wegehaupt (tracks: A3)
Fortepiano, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Janusz Szprot
Guitar, Keyboards – Winicjusz Chróst (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Guitar, Voice – Jerzy Bartz (tracks: B1)
Liner Notes – Bożenna Krzemińska*
Percussion – Krzysztof Zawadzki (tracks: A3, A4, B2 to B4)
Photography By – Piotr Kłosek
Saxophone – Tomasz Szukalski (tracks: A1 to A5, B3 ,B4)
Trumpet – Henryk Majewski (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
Vibraphone, Congas – Mulatu Astatke (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B4)

Catalogue # "PSJ 252" on front and back cover, catalogue # "PSJ-252" on labels.

Made in Poland

drum_knurd Dec 4, 2023
I was really disappointed with this record. As a polish guy with big love of ethio music i must say it was a poor experiment in merging the two styles. It has really dated 80's synth sounds and as much as I love Szukalski's sax playing he was a bad fit in this style. Overall it sounds very smooth jazzy and aside from the main motifs it doesn't really reflect the full potenital that this record had. 1/5 stars for me. I wouldn't even rate it but the last track "Lent" is the sole decent track on this LP.