http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2008/06/12/europe-ethio-jazz-and-alterego/ Bassist Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2008/06/12/europe-ethio-jazz-and-alterego/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Rick McLaughlin Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:49:24 +0000 http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2008/06/12/europe-ethio-jazz-and-alterego/#comment-201 My pleasure. I'm so psyched about the concerts. We have been playing with Mulatu since a tour of Ethiopia in 2004, and did a gig with Mahmoud in Paris a couple of years ago, but the rest? All of them? It's going to be unbelievable. And yes, massive area for scholarship. Kay Shelemay at Harvard has started things up a bit, and one of her students, Danny Mekkonen is on his way, but I'm not really aware of anything else happening in the area. I wrote a pretty serious paper on the principle of the "jazz feedback loop" an Edmund John Collins concept, that looked at how jazz was reabsorbed into the music of Mulatu Astatke and Nigeria's Fela Kuti. But as far as really deeply examining Mulatu et al, I'm not really aware of anything currently going on. You should do it - the world would be a better place... Best, Rick My pleasure. I’m so psyched about the concerts. We have been playing with Mulatu since a tour of Ethiopia in 2004, and did a gig with Mahmoud in Paris a couple of years ago, but the rest? All of them? It’s going to be unbelievable. And yes, massive area for scholarship. Kay Shelemay at Harvard has started things up a bit, and one of her students, Danny Mekkonen is on his way, but I’m not really aware of anything else happening in the area. I wrote a pretty serious paper on the principle of the “jazz feedback loop” an Edmund John Collins concept, that looked at how jazz was reabsorbed into the music of Mulatu Astatke and Nigeria’s Fela Kuti. But as far as really deeply examining Mulatu et al, I’m not really aware of anything currently going on. You should do it – the world would be a better place…
Best, Rick

]]> http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2008/06/12/europe-ethio-jazz-and-alterego/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Jeremy Allen Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:41:40 +0000 http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2008/06/12/europe-ethio-jazz-and-alterego/#comment-200 Thanks for the flying review, Rick. Man, I can't believe you're playing with those Ethiopiques guys--I didn't even know they were alive! I listen to their stuff from the 1960s all the time and have often thought EthioJazz must be a ripe field for scholarship. Thanks for the flying review, Rick. Man, I can’t believe you’re playing with those Ethiopiques guys–I didn’t even know they were alive! I listen to their stuff from the 1960s all the time and have often thought EthioJazz must be a ripe field for scholarship.

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