Recommended Ethio-Jazz Tracks (Music from Ethiopia)
This is my non-exhaustive list of Ethiopian songs that can be described as Ethiopian jazz or Ethio-jazz for short.
Although headed by Mulatu Astatke, many other musicians have played or play Ethio-jazz and this curated playlist contains the ones I liked.
Feel free to listed to these on your favorite streaming service or scavenge through some shops selling CDs and vinyls.
| Author | Song | Album |
| Getatchew Mekurya | Yegenet muziqa | Ethiopiques, Vol. 14: Negus of Ethiopian Sax |
| Mulatu Astatke | Yègellé Tezeta | New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 |
| Mulatu Astatke | Fikratchin with Menelik Wossenatchew | New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 |
| Mulatu Astatke | Yefikir Tizita | New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 |
| Mulatu Astatke | Ebo Lala with Seifu Yohannes | New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 |
| Mulatu Astatke | Yèkèrmo Sèw | New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 |
| Mulatu Astatke | Kasalèfkut Hulu | New York – Addis – London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 |
| Hailu Mergia | Yegle Nesh | Hailu / Yegle Nesh |
| Hailu Mergia, Dahlak Band | Sintayehu | Wede Harer Guzo |
| Tesfa-maryam Kidane | Heywete | Ethiopiques, Vol. 10: Ethiopian Blues & Ballads |
| Mahmoud Ahmed | Erè mèla mèla | Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè mèla mèla 1975-1978 |
| Akalé Wubé, Manu Dibango | Anbessa | Sost |
| Karl Hector & The Malcouns | Karadeniz | Unstraight Ahead |
| The Polyversal Souls, Hailu Mergia | Sad Nile (feat. Hailu Mergia) | Invisible Joy |
| Akalé Wubé | Jawa Jawa | Akalé Wubé |
| Akalé Wubé, Genet Asefa | Fikratchin | Sost |
| Akalé Wubé | Dodo | Mata |
| Akalé Wubé | Kasalèfkut hulu | Mata |
| Akalé Wubé | Asmarina | Mata |
| Akalé Wubé | Sabyé | Mata |
| Akalé Wubé, Genet Asefa | Spring No Come | Sost |
| Akalé Wubé | Meri Tekikil | Sost |
| Akalé Wubé | Addis Abèba Bété | Sost |
| Wallias Band | Muziqawi silt – instrumental | Ethiopiques, Vol. 13: The Golden Seventies (Ethiopian Groove) |
| Kibrom Birhane | Mender | Here And There |
| Dengue Fever | Ethanopium | Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition) |
| Whitefield Brothers | Sad Nile | Earthology |
| The Near Jazz Experience | Tizita | Nought To 60 |
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Negus Negast | Rising Sun |
| Kefaya | Indignados | Radio International |
| The Polyversal Souls | Sad Nile | Sad Nile |
| The Polyversal Souls, Alemayehu Eshete | Addis Abeba Bete (feat. Alemayehu Eshete) | Addis Abeba Bete |
| Mahmoud Ahmed | Yeqer mèmèkatesh | Ethiopiques, Vol. 1: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975 |
| Sèyfu Yohannès | Tezeta | Ethiopiques, Vol. 1: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975 |
| Alemayehu Eshete | Leb tatefaletch | Ethiopiques, Vol. 9: Alèmayèhu Eshèté 1969-1974 |
| Lloyd Miller, The Heliocentrics | Fantasia Pt. 1 | Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics |
| Hailu Mergia | Bayne Lay Yihedal | Yene Mircha |