Tilaye Gebre Tilaye's Saxophone With The Dahlak Band

• Tilaye Gebre – Alibekagnimi
• Tilaye Gebre – Anichi Keto Gidi Yeleshimi
• Tilaye Gebre – Tizita
• Tilaye Gebre – Tsigereda
• Tilaye Gebre – Alichalikumi
• Tilaye Gebre – Eyut Sitinafik Egni
• Tilaye Gebre – Feqresh Yemench Weha
• Tilaye Gebre – Ye Ayine Tesifa
• Tilaye Gebre – Tizi Alegni Yet'initu

• 1. Alibekagnimi
• 2. Anichi Keto Gidi Yeleshimi
• 3. Tizita
• 4. Tsigereda
• 5. Alichalikumi
• 6. Eyut Sitinafik Egni
• 7. Feqresh Yemench Weha
• 8. Ye Ayine Tesifa
• 9. Tizi Alegni Yet'initu

Recorded across Ethiopia's fertile hotel-band era, this collection places saxophonist and arranger Tilaye Gebre at the centre of a scene he quietly shaped. Based in Addis Ababa during the late 60s and 70s, Gebre was a founding member of the Equators, later the Dahlak Band, and a key figure in the city's nightly circuit, where soul, funk and Ethiopian song forms freely crossed. The performances move with patience and depth. 'Tizita' carries a slow, aching weight, Gebre's saxophone phrasing both tender and restrained, while 'Tsigereda' and 'Alichalikumi' lean into warmer, rhythm-led flow. Across the set, his arrangements give space for groove to stretch and bend, sometimes drifting into hazy, psychedelic edges. Long hard to hear, this music now sounds vivid, assured and deeply lived-in.