What a great time I had in Milan, Italy this past weekend!  Went to the Duomo a couple of times, gazed in some windows at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele (and yes, I was horrified by the McDonald’s presence), stood paralyzed in front of an incredible suit on display in the window of a Zegna store, saw this Caravaggio (and much, more) at the Pinocateca di Brera…and played some great music with the Either/Orchestra, Mulatu Astatke, and Mahmoud Ahmed at the lovely Teatro Manzoni.  Here’s proof:

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Audience footage of E/O w/Mulatu Astatke playing “The Broken Flowers Suite”

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Same tune, different camera

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Playing Mulatu’s “I Faram Gami”

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With Mahmoud Ahmed, playing “Khulun Manqualesh”

Pretty cool, eh?  And the AlterEGO had yet another flawless trip abroad…

In other news, looks like the new Mulatu Astatke CD will be coming out soon – it stars the E/O (that means me, too).  Looking forward to checking that out.

Best, R.