Dawit Yifru - Dawit YifruFormat : LP Label : Muzikawi Catalog # : MUZLP001 Genre : Ethiopia Africa Ethiopias music company Muzikawi reissue the self titled solo instrumental album of Ethio jazz composer Dawit Yifru, which offers an exceptional occasion to rediscover one of the most important eras in Ethiopias music history. This 11 track album features a compilation of songs that were restored and remastered from cassettes released throughout the 1970s. With Ethiopian

Backed by longtime collaborators Takumi Awaya on bass

With Hermeto’s otherworldly orchestral arrangements

So it was more or less a surprise to get my Hands on the Original Mapendo Release in January 2023 directly from Kenya

and an eclectic

who conceived of the band for months before coming back to their homeplace of Geneva

a true masterpiece and representation of Rainbow Disco Club’s vision “Beyond Space And Time”

Chicago-style elation

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As if to make the jazz connection even more explicit

If there is a red thread running through the Picture Music album

The unreleased tracks come as a careful selection of a deep-dive over hundred tracks and demos

Helio Delmiro (guitar) and Edson Lobo (Bass)