Mulatu Musa is the creator of ethio - jazz . He combines traditional Ethiopian music with western instruments and funds . Keen to explore jazz , Astatke then decided to enroll at Boston 's Berklee College of Music , becoming the famed institution 's first African student . The pioneering musician was the first African to enroll at Berklee College . Astatke 's music was used in the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch 's ` ` Broken Flowers ''
Mulatu Musa is the creator of ethio - jazz . He combines traditional Ethiopian music with western instruments and funds . The pioneering musician was the first African to enroll at Berklee College . Astatke 's music was used in the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch 's ` ` Broken Flowers ''