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Updated for May 2012. Every month we recommend a few music CDs. This month sees Riad Abdel-Gawad, Clifton Chenier, the Neville Brothers, Charlie Mingus, Wild Child Butler, Besh o Drom and the Gipsy Cimbalom Band get main billing.
Mulatu Astatke – King of Ethio-Jazz
Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethiopian Jazz, is finally hitting the big time with two recent CDs. In 2009 he recorded “Inspiration Information” with the Heliocentrics and a year later his own “Mulatu Steps Ahead” with members of Either/Orchestra.
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