P. Andrew Willis

@pandrewwillis.bsky.social

Make movie music/other music. MASS/LOUISVILLE. ANDY. https://linktr.ee/paw_music

‘“I really wanted to be different, I wanted to be myself, I wanted to be Mulatu,” he says of [early yrs]. “Then once I created Ethio-jazz, I became myself”’…“Ethio-jazz is a beautiful science…You can hear jazz, you can hear 12th notes, you can hear the 5th notes & everything all combined together”

‘Give respect to Africa and the bush people’: Mulatu Astatke on pioneering Ethio-jazz and honouring his roots

The musician faced resistance when he premiered his sound in the 60s, but audiences have fallen in love with it since. At 82, he’s still finding new directions – and wants more recognition for Africa’...

theguardian.com

The sun itself was hidden, but there was a glitter on the horizon, almost like the dazzle of the crystal walls of the Undertomb, a kind of joyous shimmering off on the edge of the world. “What is that?” the girl said, and he: “The sea.”

Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra's live score to Dziga Vertov's Ukraine-centric silent film, THE 11th YEAR comin soon! 9/11 - Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro VT 10/23 - Somerville Theater, Somerville MA PCO: Russ Gershon (Either/Orchestra), Jonathan LaMaster (Cul de Sac), Ken Winokur (Alloy Orchestra), Me

Poster for The Eleventh Year advertising live musical accompaniment to the Vertov film this fall in Brattleboro, VT and Somerville, MA.