Tilahun Gessesse
Éthiopiques 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè
LabelBuda MusiqueGenreFolk & Traditional
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*2024 stock* To Ethiopian audiences, Tlahoun Gèssèssè is THE VOICE, even more so than Mahmoud Ahmed, Alèmayèhu Eshèté or Mulatu Astatqé. Endowed with a phenomenal, innate vocal talent, he has been the asbsolute and unequalled icon for an entire country since the fifties, heading up the list of Ethiopian discography. Based around seven ‘modernist’ pieces arranged by the brilliant and innovative Mulatu Astatqé (Ethiopiques 4 : «Ethiojazz»), these first Ethiopiques devoted to Talhoun Gèssèssè also present ten other songs accompanied by musicians from the Ethiopian institutional bands: the Army Band, the Exhibition Band, the Police Orchestra, the Body Guard Band. Another CD gathering together all his vynil recordings with the Imperial Body Guard Band is scheduled for upcoming Ethiopiques…
Release notes
Tracks 1 & 17 recorded May, 1974. Tracks 2 & 4 recorded late 1970-early 1971. Tracks 3, 9, 10 & 14 recorded July, 1975. Tracks 5, 6, 15 & 16 recorded April, 1974. Tracks 7 & 13 recorded in 1970. Track 8 recorded August, 1970. Tracks 11 & 12 recorded in 1973. Buda Musique - exclusive license from Tlahoun Gèssèssè (in agreement with Philips-Ethiopa). © All rights reserved & CRC Edition (SACEM) Standard jewel case with 32-page booklet. Made in France
| 1 | Seqo Mènor | 2:50 | |
| 2 | Lantchi Biyé | 3:04 | |
| 3 | Yèné Felagoté | 4:05 | |
| 4 | Kulun Mankwalèsh [70] | 2:55 | |
| 5 | Tchuhetén Betsèmu | 3:30 | |
| 6 | Aykèdashem Lebé | 4:55 | |
| 7 | Tezalègn Yètentu | 3:38 | |
| 8 | Sethéd Sekètèlat | 3:41 | |
| 9 | Sèlamtayé Yedrès | 4:26 | |
| 10 | Bèyèt Nèw Mèngèdu | 3:57 | |
| 11 | Kulun Mankwalèsh [73] | 4:39 | |
| 12 | Alègntayé | 4:35 | |
| 13 | Yèhagèré Sheta | 3:48 | |
| 14 | Sèw Nèw Yètchèkènè | 4:10 | |
| 15 | Ené Nègn Wèy Antchi | 4:29 | |
| 16 | Yèné Mastawèsha | 4:58 | |
| 17 | Ras-hen Betcha | 3:20 |
- All Star Band
- Accompanied By (2, 4, 7, 8, 11 to 13)
- Army Band
- Accompanied By (5, 6, 15, 16)
- Exhibition Band
- Accompanied By (3, 9, 10, 14)
- Body Guard Band
- Accompanied By (1, 17)
- Mulatu Astatqé
- Arranged By (2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13), Bongos (4, 7), Congas (2, 13), Vibraphone (8)
- Sahlé Dègago
- Arranged By (1, 17)
- Tèshomè Sissay
- Arranged By (5, 6, 15, 16), Flute (11, 16)
- Fèqadu Amdè-Mèsqèl
- Bass (2, 4, 7, 8, 13)
- Jack Garnier
- Design
- Tèmarè Harègu
- Drums (5)
- Tèsfayé "Hodo" Mèkonnen
- Drums (2, 7, 8, 13)
- Francis Falceto
- Executive-Producer, Edited By [Series Editor], Liner Notes
- Tèklé Adhanom
- Guitar (2, 7, 12, 13)
- Tèzèra Haylè-Michael
- Guitar (3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17)
- Karen Louise Albrecht
- Liner Notes [English Translation]
- Digital Edge
- Mastered By, Transferred By, Restoration
- Wilfrid Harpaillé
- Mastered By, Transferred By, Restoration
- Girma Bèyènè
- Piano (4, 7, 8, 13)
- Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané
- Saxophone (2, 7, 13)
- Téwodros Meteku
- Saxophone (12)
- Police Orchestra
- Strings (16)
- Assèfa Bayissa
- Trumpet (7, 8, 13)
- Tamrat Fèrendj
- Trumpet (2, 7, 13)
- Wèndèmu Zèwdé
- Trumpet (5)
- Tilahun Gessesse
- Vocals
