Jorga Mesfin - The Kindest OneFormat : LP Label : Muzikawi Catalog # : MUZLP002 Genre : Africa Ethiopia Jazz This is Mulatu Astatkes protege and Ethiopian saxophonist and composer Jorga Mesfins debut album. Its a long foray into Ethio jazz that takes this courageous syncretism further by fusing spiritual experimentation with bits from all kinds of situations in Ethiopian music, jazz music, and specifically Ethiopian jazz music that precedes it. Jorga Mesfin is widely regarded as

this release cements his status as a trailblazer in the contemporary Boogie scene

Available on May 31st

While many of the genre’s greatest tracks were instrumental

Hailing from Congo-Brazzaville and led by revered vocalist and ngonfi player

a clever analog 'one take' electro recording paying his respects to the Motor City

already present on the first album and here reworked in a new Spiritual-Ambient version produced by Agosta

the exploration of which runs like a common thread through his now extensive work

Schoolly D and Lady B

a mixture of three cultures

saxophonist Joonatan Rautio

mid-20th century Hollywood glitz

Don't miss this VA record – the first from Limited White Label in five years