Éthiopiques, Vol. 30: Mistakes on Purpose - Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé

Girma Bèyènè was a key pianist and arranger of the Golden Age who spent decades living quietly in the United States. In 2017 the Paris band Akalé Wubé brought him back to record, and this album pairs his gentle, weathered voice and piano with their sympathetic playing. Choose it for its melodies, delivered with the tenderness of an older musician revisiting his own past.