The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Not only is he at the very top level of ethiopian saxophonists, but he. Dutch avantgardepunk band the ex caught the ears of mekurya, and he read more. Getatchew mekuria 1935 2016 a lifelong history in photos. Yanbessaw tezeta is the second studio album by ethiopian tenor saxophone player getatchew mekuria in collaboration with dutch punk rock band the ex and several other musicians.
Getatchew mekurya plays the saxophone like no one else. Tezeta getatchew mekurya is probably the most revered veteran of ethiopian saxophone. Track 4 features getatchew mekuria playing with the ex, recorded live in mulhouse, france, november 12, 2004. He began his musical studies on traditional ethiopian instruments such as the krar and the masenqo, and later moved on to the saxophone and clarinet.
He was survived by nine children and numerous grandchildren. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Getch started playing sax at the age of, infor by bushira. The title is amharic for the memory of the lion and mekurya intended the record to mark the closure of his 65year career. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Find the song lyrics for getatchew mekurya top tracks. Naked gamingvideo uploaded by naked gaming gta online funny moments. Mekurya was born on 14 march 1935, in yifat, ethiopia. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam.
The most incredible examples of a creative genius named david that, thusfar, ive been able to locate. Black tray jewel case in a cardboard slipcase with a 36page booklet and terp records distribution sheet. Upon reaching adolescence, he began his professional career in 1949 as a part of the municipality band in addis ababa. Mekurya has said he is unfamiliar with either ornette coleman or albert ayler.
Mekurya took the shellela tradition seriously, often appearing onstage in a warriors animalskin tunic and lions mane headdress. The fear theme the cinematic orchestras reinterpretation. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Getatchew mekuria is the most revered veteran of the ethiopian saxophone. Getatchew mekurya was an ethiopian jazz saxophonist. At the age of 71, the great ethiopian saxophone player getatchew mekuria asked the ex, an anarchopunk rock band from the netherlands, to back him on his album, moa anbessa, and five years later, when he was 76, they backed him on another album, yanbessaw tezeta, at the head of an elevenpiece group. He began his musical studies on traditional ethiopian instruments such as the krar and the masenqo, and. Upon reaching adolescence, he began his professional career in 1949 as a part of. Negus of ethiopian sax getatchew mekurya is a sax player whose inspiration comes from traditional warrior music. This page was last edited on 4 september 2019, at 14. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
The ex is a punk, industrial and experimental band from amsterdam, netherlands. Classical music by getachew mekuria aka king of saxophone. He continued to refine his instrumental shellela style, recording an entire album in 1970, negus of ethiopian sax, released on philips ethiopia during the heyday of the ethiojazz movement. In his seventies, he is still in full voice, with his own, powerfully distinctive style of playing. He has recently been touring and recording with the ex and, of course, is featured in the earth shattering. Some clips from the exs trip to ethiopia in february 2011 5. Mekurya s playing style has been compared to free jazz mekurya died in addis ababa, ethiopia from a leg infection caused by. Buda musiques mindexpanding ethiopiques series23 discs strong and countingis a treasure trove of strange and wonderful music, none more so than that contained on negus of ethiopian sax, which is devoted to tenor saxophonist getatchew mekurya and his shellela music. April 2016 war ein athiopischer jazzmusiker saxophon. Intro song akale wube getatchew mekurya subscribe for more. Mekurya s playing style has been compared to free jazz, but developed in isolation from it during the early 1950s.
Negus of ethiopian sax for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Ph ethiopia, 1972 getatchewmekuriaandhissaxophonerelease6700903. He died of a leg infection caused by diabetes, aged 81. Getatchew mekurya side a track 1 track 2 track 3 track 4 track 5 side b track 6 track 7 track 8 track 9 track 10 definitely dont sleep on brilliant ethiopian sax man getatchew mekurya. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. This is the living legend saxophonist getachew mekuria aka king of saxophone he has been entertaining ethiopians for the last 60 years. Mekurya reached an international audience when his album negus of ethiopian sax was rereleased as part of the ethiopiques cd series. Getatchew mekurya is probably the most revered veteran of ethiopian saxophone. Getatchew mekurya simple english wikipedia, the free. Dutch underground band the ex and ethiopian saxophone legend getatchew mekuria. Night of smooth jazz relaxing background chill out music piano jazz for studying, sleep, work duration.
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