Astatke, Mulatu, 1943-

LC control no.	no2006064762
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Astatke, Mulatu, 1943- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mulatu Astatqé, 1943- Astatqé, Mulatu, 1943- Mulatu Astatke, 1943-
Associated country	Ethiopia
Located	United States
Birth date	1943-12
Place of birth	Jimma (Ethiopia)
Affiliation	Berklee College of Music Ethiopian Quintet Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study African Jazz Village (Organization) Harnett National Studios Worthy Records (Firm)
Profession or occupation	Vibraphonists Jazz musicians
Found in	Ethio jazz & musique instrumentale, 1969-1974 [SR] 199-: insert (Mulatu Astatqé (or Astatke); b. 1943, Djimma, southwest Ethiopia; keyboardist) Ethio Jazz WWW site, June 20, 2006 (Mulatu Astatke; b. 1943, Jimma, Ethiopia; musician, composer, arranger; vibraphone, conga, and percussion player; Mr. Astatke) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mulatu Astatke; vibraphonist, jazz musician; born December 1943 in Jimma, Ethiopia; became the first African student to enroll at the Schillinger School in Boston, the forerunner of the Berklee College of Music (1958); studied the vibraphone, his major instrument; moved to New York City (1960); returned to Addis Ababa (1966), released albums through Worthy Records (1966, 1972) with his Ethiopian Quintet, completed a music degree at the Harnett National Studios; conceived the new style of “Ethio-jazz”; became the musical director for the “People to People” tour, the troupe sent abroad by the Ethiopian government to acknowledge international support during the drought and famine of the early 1980s ; hosted a radio show (in the 1990s); established the African Jazz Village (also known as the African Jazz Institute) (2000); was a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (2007-2008); received the SEED (Society of Ethiopians Established in the Diaspora) Award (2006); the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch's 2005 independent film “Broken Flowers” circulated his Ethio-jazz to an international audience)