'Jazz? It was born in Africa'

Mulatu Astatke invented Ethio-jazz. Now he's reinventing himself. By Nige Tassell'You know Wrexham? It's about a 15-minute drive from Wrexham." The soft, smoky voice of Mulatu Astatke, the giant of Ethiopian music, the architect of Ethio-jazz, is pinpointing where his musical career began. Namely, in a boarding school nestled in the north Wales countryside. It was at Lindisfarne College that the 16-year-old Astatke picked up a trumpet - the first of many instruments he would show a precocious ta...

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