These four artists are the members of TOBIYA Poetic Jazz Group! Begining from the saxphonist, I will try to introduce each artist from left to right. Jorga Mesfin is a musician with influences that span the spirit and innovation of Jazz and the ancient and diverse sounds found in Ethiopian music. He has performed with Takana Miyamoto, Aster Aweke, Mahmoud Ahmed and Mulatu Astatke, amongst others. He is the founder of Ethio-jazz group Wudasse, and composed the score to Haile Gerima’s epic Ethiopian movie Teza, for which he won the award for Best Music Selection at the 22nd Carthage Film Festival and Best Composer Award at the 5th Dubai International Film Festival. Mihret Kebede is an artist, poet and a founding director of Netsa art village, an artists’ collective. She is also a founding member of Tobiya Poetic Jazz Group since 2008 and is featured on the Tobiya poetry & Jazz DVD, Vol.1 release. She is highly regarded for her poetry readings and experimental artworks. Misrak Terefe is a renowned poet in Ethiopia who has published the first poetry VCD as a female poet. She has contributed to different group publications with other writers and is featured on the Tobiya poetry & Jazz DVD, Vol.1 release. She is also a founding member of Tobiya Poetic Jazz Group since 2008. Abebaw Melaku is a renowned poet and journalist. He is a founding member of Tobiya Poetic Jazz Group since 2008 as well as a radio journalist on the influential Ethiopian radio show, “Addis Zema”. He has published a poetry book called “Keradion” in 2007 and an audio poetry CD in 2008.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:15:23 +0000
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