Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet 'Afro Latin Soul Volume 1' Format:CD Keziah Jones and more and

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Orlando Julius was one of the very first to begin fusing US R&B with traditional highlife during the mid-‘60s with his Modern Aces band

Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet 'Afro Latin Soul Volume 1' Format:CD Keziah Jones and more andArriving after Astatkes life changing years studying at Berklee College in Boston, "Afro Latin Soul" volumes 1&2 were the first experiments in his pioneering sound, fusing Ethiopian cultural music with Afro Latin and jazz forms. I have always felt a deep connection between Latin and African music, he explains. I travelled to Cuba and listened to their musicians; the tempo, rhythm and feeling was very similar to different African forms. In the mid 60s,