"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 1/30/26)
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Real Live Certified
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Critics Consensus
Based on 14 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Mulatu Astatke is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Mulatu Astatke concert reviews describe live shows and performances as mysterious, playful, seductive, innovative, genuine, and compelling. Mulatu Astatke is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers.
How long are their concerts?
How long are Mulatu Astatke concerts? Mulatu Astatke concerts usually last around 45 minutes.
Mulatu Astatke (born on December 19, 1943; surname sometimes spelled Astatqe on French-language releases: Mulatu Astatqe) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger best known as the father of Ethio-jazz.
Has Performed With
The Heliocentrics
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Critic Concert Reviews
Jazzwise (UK)
November 21, 2025
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The octogenarian vibraphonist and bandleader celebrated the launch of his latest album Mulatu Plays Mulatu as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival
While Astatke values the back catalogue (he played on the same bill as Duke Ellington in front of Haile Selassie in the early 1970s) he has really seized the opportunity that opened up for him to create some genuinely terrific new music.
Now 70 the ‘father of Ethio-jazz’ studied music in the UK and US as a young man in the ’60s introducing Western and Latin instruments and musical styles into his native Ethiopian music to form a fascinating hybrid.
