Following his performance at EFG London Jazz Festival in 2023, the ‘Father of Ethio Jazz’, Mulatu Astatke, will bring two farewell shows to the festival this year. 

The first is at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 16 November with the second the following night at HERE at Outernet. This comes on the back of his first major studio album in over 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, which features his full big band performing alongside Ethiopian cultural musicians and stands as a fitting climax to an incredible career.

"Throughout my life, I wanted to bring Ethio jazz to all corners of the world for people to enjoy and I feel that I have succeeded in that,” says Mulatu. The world of music would definitely echo those sentiments.