Hailu Mergia in Zurich : The Moods 2019 / Claudio Cappellari, director, Carine Zuber, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Cappellari, Claudio, film director.

Zuber, Carine, film director.

Seppa, Eliot, performer.

Mergia, Hailu, performer.

Joseph, Ken, performer.

Moods Jazz Association.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Moods Jazz Association, 2019.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

At Moods in Zurich in 2019, the Ethiopian multi instrumentalist Hailu Mercia performed his most well-known works with his trio, formed of Eliot Seppa on the double bass and Ken Joseph on drums. Mercia is known for his role in establishing the 70’s group, Walias Band, considered today as the biggest group from the golden age of Ethiopian music. Here, with his accordion, melodica, and his keyboard, he blends in perfectly to accompany his fellow trio members. Extremely modern and somewhat atypical for the period, the Walias Band struggled to get out of the shadow of the dictatorship and censorship of Derg, the administrative council in Ethiopia that forced the band to produce exclusively instrumental music. The group changed the narrative of this constraint however to make breakthroughs in the field with ingenious rhythm and harmonies, creating what we now call Ethio-jazz. After moving to the United States, Hailu Mercia ceased composing in order to try and follow other vocations such as a taxi driver and a chef. However, throughout this hiatus, he never stopped practicing his instruments and he returned to the stage in 2015 with Lala Belu, a piece that catapulted him once again to the forefront of the stage.

Contents:

Yeglemat / Hailu Mergia

Abichu nega nega / Hailu Mergia

Monaliza / Hailu Mergia

Tizita / Hailu Mergia

Yene abeba / Hailu Mergia

Yene mircha / Hailu Mergia

Shemendefer / Hailu Mergia

Gum gum / Hailu Mergia

Shemonmuanaye / Hailu Mergia

Gurgigna / Hailu Mergia

Addis nat / Hailu Mergia

Yetewathilm / Hailu Mergia

Turuncri / Hailu Mergia

Anchinoye lene / Hailu Mergia.

Participant:

Eliot Seppa, double bassist ; Hailu Mergia, pianist ; Ken Joseph, drummer.

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Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Abichu nega nega.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Monaliza.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Tizita.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Yene abeba.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Yene mircha.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Shemendefer.

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Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Shemonmuanaye.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Gurgigna.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Addis nat.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Yetewathilm.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Turuncri.

Container of: Mergia, Hailu. Anchinoye lene.

OCLC:

1390750939

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