26.10.09

Mulatu Astatke

Dziwiłam się niepomiernie, skąd ostatnio w radiu tak dużo Mulatu Astatke. Umarł czy co? A tu nie - koncert jest. Jak dla mnie, pretekst jest wystarczający.





Jeśli komuś samo nazwisko nic nie powiedziało, a muzykę kojarzy, to bardzo prawdopodobne, że z filmu Jarmuscha "Broken Flowers".

. . . we were playing a concert in the New York Winter Gardens. A friend told me the film maker Jim Jarmusch was coming to the concert. I didn’t know who he was but I said please come over and see us. After the concert Jim and the whole crew came over to see us backstage, he had some CDs of mine that I signed, he said he enjoyed the show, said it was a beautiful concert and said ‘I have something in mind, I want to use some of your music in my film.’ I said, ‘Please do. You’re welcome. Just let me know how you get on.’ So we shook hands and he left and after a few months he contacted me and said ‘I’ve selected the songs. It took me six years to find the right music for this film! Now I have the right music!’ So that’s how it happened . . . I thanked him so much for the chance to show people the Ethio-jazz.
Mulatu Astatke, The Quietus

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