Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra - Ethiopiques 32

Éthiopiques is back! Armenian-born composer, arranger and instructor Nerses Nalbandian was the key pioneer of modern Ethiopian music. He laid the foundations for « Swinging Addis » and for ethio-jazz. This volume revives Nalbandian’s forgotten legacy, recorded live by the Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests.

“Ethiopian jazzmen are the best musicians that we have seen so far in Africa. They really are promising handlers of jazz instruments.”
Wilbur De Paris
(1959, after a concert in Addis Ababa) 

Personnel
National Theater of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, May 16, 2011
TOM HALTER, DAN ROSENTHAL, trumpets
JOEL YENNIOR, trombone
HAILEY NISWANGER, alto sax, clarinet
(solos on: Amhara Rumba, left channel on Yèné Hassab)
RUSS GERSHON, tenor sax, soprano sax
CHARLIE KOHLHASE, baritone sax
JOSH ROSEN, keyboard
RICK MCLAUGHLIN, bass
PABLO BENCID, drums
VICENTE LEBRON, congas, claves
with
DAWIT FREW, clarinet (Yèné Hassab, right channel;
Adèrètch Arada, solo)
JORGA MESFIN, tenor sax (Tebèb Nèw Tèqami, solo)
GIRMA NEGASH, vocal (Yèné Hassab)
BETTY G, vocal (Qèlèméwa, Yètezeta Roro)
MICHAEL BELAYNÈH, vocal (Adèrètch Arada, Tebèb Nèw
Tèqami)
BRUCK TESFAYE, vocal (Enegènagnalèn)
The Sanctuary for Creative Media,
Troy New York, November 20, 2011
Same personnel except GILSON SCHACHNIK, keyboards
(in place of JOSH ROSEN)
Knox United Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 17, 2012
Same personnel except
LEO BLANCO (in for GILSON SCHACHNIK), piano;
MARK ZALESKI (in for HAILEY NISWANGER), alto sax;
OSCAR SUCHANEK (in for PABLO BENCID), drums
Dimension Sound, Boston, Massachusetts, April 19, 2015
Same personnel with
MARK ZALESKI, clarinet and alto sax;
GILSON SCHACHNIK, piano, organ; Suchanek, drums