[Juno Gad Allstars]

Dudes,

you need to check out Mulatu Astatke...oldschool 70's ethiopian jazz, but live from april 2008...amazing african psychedelia.

He's like a drug induced, jazzfunky, instrumental version of Yabby You...from another dimension.



Yekermo Sew, live 2008:
YouTube - yekermo sew mulatu and the heliocentrics live


Original 70's recording of Yegelle Tezeta:
YouTube - Yegelle Tezeta - Mulatu Astatke

Yegelle Tezeta, live 2008:
YouTube - yegelle tezeta mulatu and the heliocentrics live


Gubèlyé, live 2008:
YouTube - Gubèlyé

[el bib]

YouTube - SUN RA "Calling Planet Earth"
SUN RA "Calling Planet Earth" reminds me more of sun ra meets fela kuti

[el bib]

YouTube - Sun Ra Arkestra - Retrospect (1990)
Sun Ra Arkestra - Retrospect (1990)

[el bib]

elogoxa.......VST Plugins
elogoxa.......VST Plugins while were at it check the free vst named after the great man sun ra

[Juno Gad Allstars]

sun ra meets fela kuti...i can agree with that. But check out Mulatu Astatke's "Ethiopiques vol. 4" and listen to the sound...same color and dust.

It's almost as if Yabby You went to the studio one day ca 1973 and told Tommy McCook and the others: "let's play some groovy mental jazz today".

I mean, listen to the tune "revenge" from Yabby You's "Jesus Dread"-album ...to me it sounds very much like Mulatu Astatke, but in a more restrained roots fashion. Although it's different genres I get similar vibes from both of them.



Yo, I found a short 30 second clip of "revenge" here...take a listen...: Tommy McCook – Revenge – Lyssna gratis på Last.fm

[Juno Gad Allstars]

Another jamaican musician that comes to mind is the late and great Lennie Hibbert. Sort of the jamaican equivalent to Mulatu Astatke, in the sense that he was a schooled musician who made instrumental music playing the vibes (and organ etc).

Lennie Hibbert's "Rose Len" has got to be the best non-reggae instrumental ever made in Jamaica:
YouTube - LENNIE HIBBERT - ROSE LEN


Lennie Hibbert in a reggae fashion:
YouTube - Lennie Hibbert - Real Hot

[el bib]

thats the beauty of rthe africAN SOUND
YouTube - Sun Ra - Brother From Another Planet - Pt.2
Sun Ra - Brother From Another Planet - Pt.2

[el bib]

YouTube - John Coney / Sun Ra - Space Is The Place(1974) excerpt#2
John Coney / Sun Ra - Space Is The Place(1974) excerpt#2

[ZACHEOUS JACKSON]

That Lennie Hibbert track is amazing..this is the sort of music i grew up listening to...
it was later redone as a track called 'Tonight'....boom track..showing my age now ha ha
thanks for sharing

[steve steppa]

Originally Posted by Juno Gad Allstars

sun ra meets fela kuti...i can agree with that. But check out Mulatu Astatke's "Ethiopiques vol. 4" and listen to the sound...same color and dust.

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I heard a wicked song with alot of horns on this compilation you mentioned. I heard it on an airplane (when I could afford to fly.) I don't remember the title, but I must have that song !