MULATU ASTATKE (London Royal Festival Hall, 16/11/25)

The Father of Ethio-Jazz concludes perhaps his last tour in the city where it all started, and it's a perfect summation of his 60-year-long career- inventive, eclectic, sometimes meditative, often exuberant (incidentally, who knew Ethiopian wedding dances were so...suggestive?) If this is the last time we see his unfussy, sage-like presence on stage, this was a great note to bow out on, but he's only 81 which is nothing these days....