Girma Negash and the Either/Orchestra play "Yene Hassab" in Addis Ababa, 2011

Girma Negash sings Yene Hassab in front of a big band for the first time in half a century, with special guest Dawit Frey on clarinet.
Girma was one of the featured singers with the Haile Selassie Theater Orchestra in Addis Ababa in the 1960s, when the band was led by Nerses Nalbandian.
In 2011, the Either/Orchestra traveled to Addis to revive Nalbandian's arrangements in their original format, and were fortunate to find Girma ready and able to reprise this haunting song.
This is an excerpt from the first of two concerts of this music, May 13, 2011 in the courtyard of the Alliance Ethio-Francaise.
Tom Halter, Dan Rosenthal - trumpets
Joel Yennior - trombone
Hailey Niswanger, Dawit Frey - clarinets
Russ Gershon, Charlie Kohlhase - saxes
Josh Rosen - keyboard
Rick McLaughlin - bass
Pablo Bencid - drums
Vicente Lebron - congas
Directed and edited by David Fisher
Thanks to Francis Falceto, the Nalbandian family, the Alliance Ethio-Franciase, the US and Spanish Embassies in Addis for their support.
copyright 2011, Accurate Records. All rights reserved.

[@henokr.g.6215]

አጀብ ነው!....ይህ ሙዚቃ እንዲህ የዘላለም ጣዓም እና መአዛ ኖሮት ከተሰራ አምሳ ዓመታትን አስቆጥሯል። ጋሽ ግርማ ነጋሽ የተወሰኑ ቁጥር ያላቸው የካሴት ስራዎች ቢኖሩትም እንደ "የኔ ሃሳብ" የሚታወቅለት ማንም የለም በሁለተኝነት ምናልባት "ምነው ተለየሽኝ መስከረም ሳይጠባ" የሚለው ተወዳጅ ዘፈኑ ሊታወቅ ይችል ይሆናል። እንደኔ እንደኔ በአንዲት ዘፈን ከትውልድ ወደትውልድ የተሸጋገረ ዘፋኝ ግርማ ነጋሽ ብቻ ይመስለኛል። ከ2 ዓመታት በፊት በአንድ ምሽት እሱ እና ጋሽ ባዕታ ከማይጠፉባት ካዛንችስ ቶታል ፊትለፊት የምትገኝ ምግብ ቤት ውስጥ ቁጭ ብዬ በ20 ብር 4 ሲንግል ድራፍቴን እየጠጣሁ የቆዩ ግን እንደ ወርቅ በእሳት ተፈትነው የነጠሩትን የነጋሽ ጥላሁንን፣ ጋሽ አለማየሁ፣ ጋሽ ማህሙድን ሌሎችንም ሙዚቀኞች በሥሥት ስኮመኩም ጋሽ ግርማ በተደጋጋሚ ይመለከተኝ ነበረና አንድ ቀን እንዲህ ብሎ ጠየቀኝ "እድሜህ ግን ስንት ይሆናል?" ፈገግ ብዬ ወንበሬን ወደ እነሱ አቅራቢያ እየጎተተኩ እስቲ እኔ ልጠይቅህ ጋሽ ግርማ ሓሳቤ ስንት ዓመት ይሆናታል? አልኩት። "እ...እ...ምናልባት" ብሎ በትዝታ ወደ ኋላው መጓዝ ጀመረ...እኔም ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ከአባባ ተስፋዬ ፕሮግራም ቀጥሎ በቴሌዚሽን ጋሽ ግርማ ሓሳቤን ሲጫወት ያየሁበትን ቀን አስታወስኩትና እድሜዬን አስልቼው 30 አልኩት። ለኔ እድሜ ማለት እውቀት፣ ጥበብ እና ማስተዋል የተገኘበት እድሜ ነውና ከዛ በፊት ያለውን አልቆጥረውም። እድሜ ለነዚህ ድንቅ ጥበበኞች ጥበብን እንኳን ገና በታዳጊ እድሜያችን እንድትገባን ረድተውናል። ጥበብ ለዘላለም ትኑር። እናንንተም ለዘላለም ታወሱ ከሰው በላይ ያውላችሁ የኛ ባለውለተኞች!

[@mekit.mariam3198]

Henok R. G. Tadleh....I agree with what you said.His voice is amazing.I didn't know Muse Nersis composed this song.what a timeless music.I wish I was from that generation.

[@henokr.g.6215]

Mekdes Teklemariam Ameseginalew. You must have a unique taste of music that never gets bitter in the mediocrity of the generation we are in. We all are lucky enough to have those great talents of the 1950, 19 60 and 1980.

[@NORTAMRAT]

ሄኖክ ልክ ብለሃል... እነዚህ በእውቀት ታጀበው ከእውነትኛ የሙዚቃ ፍቅር ተነስተው ያስኮመኮሙን ዘፋኞች የሙዚቃችንን ስር ተክለው አለፉ.... በድርግ ስራት ሙዚቃ ችላ ተባለ... አሁን ደግሞ ስሩን ፍለጋ ግማሹ ከልብ ሲጥር ሌላው ባየር ላይ ይባክናል ሳንቲም ለመልቀም... ምን አለፋህ እንደዚህ አይነቶቹን ዘፈን ሰምቼ እቆይና አዲሶችን በውድም ሆነ በግድ ሳዳምጥ ውጣ ውጣ ዝጋቸው ዝጋቸው ያሰኘኛል... ታዲያ ሳይማሩ ኢንጂነር እንደማይኮን ሁሉ ሳይማሩ ሚዚቅ አይደረስ...ለማንኛውም ባጭሩ ስላለፉት የጻፍከው በጣም ያስደስታል.. ጊዜህን ወሰደህ በሰፊው ብትጸፈው ብዙዎችን ታስደስታለህ ታስተምራለህም.. አመሰግናለሁ

[@henokr.g.6215]

Ethiopian Athletics, Culture, Language thank you. You can Like my page on face book. Music to listen.

[@eastgojjaminvest5025]

ewunet nw mn waga alew besamenet yemiselech musica joro yadenekuralu

[@edomk9888]

My dad passed away 3 years ago . I was daddy’s girl and was very close to him . When I was a little girl 25 plus years ago, I remember him listening to this song on the radio 😢 I’m feeling lots of emotions now hearing it 😢 thank you for uploading this video!

[@zelalemabdisa3835]

May your dad rest in eternal peace

[@fishamd5806]

Q

[@ደበሌሌንጮ]

R I P 💐 For Your Dad. this song is touching even if you haven't got any memory.

[@TsegaMelese-ik2ud]

My god…i feel the same too you and i was aboy listen with my dad sitting in his leg and trust me there is no music that treger my feeling

[@saraahmed-vg4jr]

oww hug dear❤am also daddy girl and he love Tilhaun ...

[@KasuHopa-q8q]

ሙዚቃ የሚያውቅ ሰው ብቻ የሚሰማው ዘፈን እጅግ ይደንቃል። የኔ ሀሳብ❤

[@birhantaye7337]

Timeless! Impeccable! ይህን ጥዑም ሙዚቃ ከሰሙ በኋላ ወደ ዛሬው ዘመን ደረቅ ጩኸት እንዴት አርጎ መመለስ ይቻላል???

[@karma3681]

Birhan Taye ብዙ ሸጋ ድምጥ ያልቸው አቀንቃኞችአሁንም አሉን ችግሩ ጥሩ ማለትም እንደጥንቶቹ አይነት ሙዚቃንየሚያውቁ ነዳፊዎችና ገጣምያን አቀናባሪዎች ይጎሉናል በርካቶቹ አንቱ ይሚባሉ ይሆኑነበር ዋይ ነዶ 😉

[@mekonnen74]

ኢትዮጵያ እኮ የስልጣኔ በር ናት. ግዴለም ሊነጋ ሲል ይጨልማል. አንድ ቀን ወደ ድሮ ክብሩዋ ትመለሳለች.!!

[@tgabebe1688]

shola mecha? nekersoch eyalu

[@rosieposie.x0]

አይቀርም👍👍👍

[@ኤደንተክሉ]

ስራችሁ ከትውልድ ወደትውልድ የሚሽጋገር የማይስለች ውብና ከአይምሮ የማይወጣ ለዛው ያማር ፍጹም ተውዳዳሪ የሌለው ሥራ በመሆኑ ልትኮሩ ይገባል እድሜና ጤና ይስጥልኝ።

[@wubanchidemeke6274]

It reminds me my childhood , my parent & those kind days and years ......no word to express my feeling ....it bring tears to my eyes

[@eliasmiskir5990]

My lifetime favourite music.always new and took me somewhere, I was there life at.Alliance.Francise .

[@brookeasfaw7059]

ልብን የሚሰርቅ፣ለእውነተኛ ፍቅር የሚዜም፣ጣእም ያለው፣የማይሰለች፣የማይጠገብ፣ክብርን የተጎናጸፈ፣የተረጋጋ፣ ኢትዮጵያዊ ስርአትን ያዘለ ይህ ነው ሙዚቃ፡እድሜህ ይርዘም ጋሽ ግርማ

[@floridaefrim3558]

🙏🙏🙏

[@samb.4759]

ድንቅ ወርቅ ዜማ ረቂቅ የነፍስ ትፍስህት እንቁ ቅርስ ጋሽ ግርማ እንተና አንተን የመሰሉ ብርቅዬ እንቁዎች እንኳን ተፈጠራችሁልን ዛሬም ታስደምሙናላችሁ ምክኔያቱም መፈጠራችሁ ለጥበብ ነውና እድሜ ሰላም ጤና ያድልህ

[@ethiopia2838]

እንደዚህ አይነት ውብ ጣእም ያላቸው ሙዚቃ በሰማንበት ዛሬ ያስታውኩብናል ማረኝ የጥንቱ ግዜ

[@tilethio]

Its true!

[@pearls1626]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wubanchidemeke6274]

አሁንማ የጨረባ ተዝካር ሆኗል ሙዚቃው ። ሙዚቀኞቻችን ዘመን የሚሻገር እንዲህ ዓይነት ስራ ለመስራት ሞክሩ እስቲ ። ጋሽ ግርማ ክብር ላንተ ይሁን 🙏

[@vahe.tilbian]

Great tribute to Nerses Nalbandian. His work in Ethiopian music will never be forgotten!

[@ladaylyn]

I am a big fan Vahe! Great work on Tizita! Wishing you all the best!

[@dramboo]

Never ever it will be forgotten... thanks for mention it

[@kalkidantesfaye2228]

fun running to you here vahe

[@henokr.g.6215]

Vahe Tilbian: good to hear from you. I have a plan to write the Muse Narsis Nalbandian musical revolution in Ethiopia. Please write me on messanger. Henok RG. Thanks.

[@shenkutekemirab1192]

I bow to Either Orchestra!!! It’s just seamless! Done to perfection!!! Brilliant arrangement! Beautiful example how music transcends culture , language , generation!! My soul floats every time I watch/ listen this masterpiece!

[@Russgershon]

thank you so much - glad you are enjoying!

[@99jordin]

🎉

[@pearls1626]

Great Job!!!!!

[@tgstlssn6778]

እናቴ ይሄንን ዘፈን በስጦታ ሰታኝ ሁሌም ሳዳምጠው እናቴን ያስታውሰኛል ሁሌም አስታውስሻለው ውድዋ እናቴ ሞት ባይኖር ጥሩ ነበር 🙏🙏

[@Gigi-mn9ph]

ayezoshe. yene. weed. ename. enedanechew. enaten. atecalew. enaten. tewedew. nebere. nebesachewn. begenet. yanurelen

[@Entertainment-mn7tr]

WoW , wow This brings bitter sweet memories back Well done 👌👌

[@gelgiz5039]

Wow, this is so nostalgic-it takes me back to when I was very young. I remember this song, though I didn’t care much for it at the time. Now, it means so much to me, making me feel homesick. Thank you to whoever uploaded it.

[@nikonnikon969]

One of the greatest ever 💞there is no word to express how lovely

[@samdan1425]

One of the best icon of Ethiopia! It is shame on me that I wasn't aware of this perfect clip until today. Thank you for the great combination of orchestral music.

[@Russgershon]

glad you enjoyed! Please check out Ethiopiques 20: Live in Addis, for more of the Either/Orchestra's interpretations of Ethiopian music. Also keep an eye out for our upcoming album of Nerses Nalbandian music, which includes "Yene Hassab."

[@samdan1425]

@@Russgershon Sure I will do so. Thank you so much for taking your precious time to inform me directly. I was a little boy when these musicians were popular. But their talent was unforgettable until this day!

[@mohammedabdella7064]

የመማፍቀርንትክክለኛ ሰሜት በሙዚቃ የገለፀ የውቅቱ አንጋፋ ድምፃዊያን መሀከል ከፍተኛ አድናቆት ያተረፈ ሀገር በቀል ድምፀ መረዋ ነበር።

[@tineshumamush690]

I was 6 years old when my dad and mam lessoning this 🎵🎶 Im now 36🤦🤦🤦🤦💖💖💖💖💖🙏🇪🇹🇪🇹🙏🇪🇹🙏🇪🇹🙏🇪🇹🙏🇪🇹🙏🇪🇹Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏

[@TheTegbaru]

Nerses Nalbandian,"Stateless Armenian Ethiopian" dubbed Ethiopian music,and nightclubs in ADDIS back from 1950- to early 1970s, he takes over after his uncle retiring in 1949 as the head of the major musical institutions of the country in Addis Ababa. In particular, Nalbandyan conducts the orchestra of the Imperial Guard, the Police Orchestra, the Municipal Orchestra of Addis Ababa (where he is a professor in 1946), the orchestra of Hayle-Selassie Theatre (directed by Franz Zelwecker.Austro-German) and the music schools of Nazret & Yared. A great composer and part of ethiopian music history. Great guy!!

[@ethiopia6577]

Yemigermew yehan zefen sesema wedmalawkew dero zemen yewsdghal o my God

[@Yesasme]

What a great song! It reminds me all good times and I can't stop listening! Thank you Gash Girma

[@emebetdejene6299]

Gash Girma; Thank you for this wonderful song. Always as New

[@1melkt]

Great music! The golden days of Ethiopian music.

[@rosieposie.x0]

😍😍እሚገርም ሙዚቃ ውስጥን ስንጥቆ የሚገባ መሳጭ የሆነ መቸም የማይስለች እድሜና ጤና ያድለዎ

[@danielnega8789]

how come 15 ppl, unlike this you guys, must be out of your mind .you will never see this kind of Artist again

[@senaitberhanudesta]

Thanks,

[@henock8230]

Tnxs for Fransis Falseto reunion ethopian old legendary songs "ethiopiques albums"

[@amigozorometa2118]

This was one of the Amharic (Ethiopian) songs that I was grown up listening. I like to thank my brothers for creating and singing such a wonderful song.

[@HAWI-SO]

So amazing for ever ! Where can we find live concerts like this . I am tired of the one instrument music . Love this kind especially the old songs of Ethiopian music legends .

[@sehenseleshi5495]

Love it, thank you for sharing. ወርቃማው የኢትዮጽያ የሙዚቃ ዘመን። ይህ ዘመን ድጋሚ እንደሚመጣ እምነቴ ነው። ሰላም ለአለም!

[@Bretanssa]

Thank you for sharing this treasure.

[@betelhemeshetu8870]

It's so beautiful music gash Germa negash & also combination of okestra great.🌹

[@teshwold9634]

I love it, through out my life, I am listening this song 2 or 4 times per day.

[@NORTAMRAT]

Ethiopia and the western civilization from 1946 to 1974 has made a lot of changes and one of the miracles besides education and infrastructure Ethiopian music was influenced by the civilization. And the communists came in 1974 and the rest is history.

[@yoj2773]

Ethiopian Athletics, Culture, Language

[@leukebede6773]

What a wonderful music. I cannot even explain my feeling while listening this music

[@kiyabelete4407]

I wish I could be old enough

[@orangeafrica8812]

I want to perform ethiopian music with an orchestra band like this and badums band i love it

[@Russgershon]

Glad you enjoy!

[@tilethio]

The legendary and most loved Girma Negash stunning performance with such talented musicians. They just repeat the original song. Thank you for sharing.

[@danielgates4161]

Great performance God bless you Alex

[@wubanchidemeke6274]

The legend .....6o years still famous ....my favorite song 🙏🙏🙏respect

[@christianeshale6621]

Merci beaucoup c'est très sympa 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💞

[@Russgershon]

de rien!

[@lionofyuda]

lovely and timeless song.

[@EricPfeiffer-v1w]

Congratulations, Russ! This is such a lovely performance, and it approaches a half-million views!

[@yohanneb.meskel7654]

That is the definition of music as the language of the world

[@Russgershon]

betam amasegnallo!

[@eliasnegatu4873]

Thank you for bringing back the old tasty music ....

[@95Chibo]

Thank you for sharing this amazing performance by the artist, as well as the band!

[@kidisthailu1291]

I love this music 🎶 🎵 ❤️

[@schrodingcheshirecat]

this is good music. the singer sounds great, the music is relaxed. i love this sound.

[@danielshiferaw5195]

Very pleased to see the bubbly and ever green old jewel with his vibrant voice that made YENE HASAB even more testier like old wine and also lovable as old friend. Thank you to your dedication so that your song weave happiness to your fan and listeners. Dear Girma, you and your viberant songs will ever be remembered to eternity. I honor you and wish healthy, happy and prosperous life. "...Yene hasab neye wedene...."

[@joyaku3078]

hats off to Nerses Nalbandian great composer of ethio music 👏🙏👍👏🙏

[@Edometh10]

Time less great music 🙏🏽 amazing❗ 🤎 I remember my grand mum & dad listen to this beautiful piece ~ now me & my kids love it too. 😇

[@etsubeseleshi3416]

Waouh impeccable!

[@Wemezekir]

What a classic piece by Maestro Nerses Nalbandian. Russ, congratulations on revisiting Addis and for the opportunity to perform the Maestro's work with the original vocalist Girma Negash. Can't wait to see you guys performing in DC area.

[@Russgershon]

thanks - I hope we can soon!

[@tewodrostariku7322]

@@Russgershon I am glad you posted this timeless music! Thank you

[@haimigirma8010]

በጣም በጣም የምወደው ነው የውስጤን አይበታለሁ❤❤❤

[@TheHabeshawi]

This is a Master piece. Thank you so much for uploading it.

[@truthseeker8399]

Wow, this brought me back lots of great memories! Thank you!!!!!☮️🇪🇹☮️

[@nik9283]

Love this song. Thank you Russ

[@user-ib6km8kh7f]

One of the best music I have ever listed to. Amazing.

[@seyoumalemseged8901]

One of the songs inspired me.thank you girma negash with the greatest orchestra amazing sound of 🎶 music

[@seifugirma9404]

What a Music, Ohh !! I feel a deep memory while listening this music. The musicians also made it so sense full ever with their clarinets. Thank you,

[@Black-lioness]

I always come to this perform it move like the swift wind.. our greatest remain great beloved contributors.

[@giovannaiamele8782]

He is great! I love this singer such elegante!

[@tsedalukebede202]

መቸም የዘፋኝ አንቱ የለም ግን ይህ የኔ ሀሳብ የሚለው ዘፈን ዘመን የማይሽረው አንቱ የተባለለትምርጥ ነው::

[@giovannaiamele8782]

Beautiful! The best are gone!

[@addisabeba5623]

Nersis Nalbandian the father of modern Ethiopian music 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@hanaeshete9388]

Excellent...

[@berhanewoldehawariat4482]

WOW ! took me into my childhood ,all my respects to all the musicians who performed these songs of this dynamic singer *GIRMA NEGASH*.we used to sing in the nights after kaise tim/bait in * TALIAN SEFER * gathering in our big compound < Emama Binegeedai gebi>

[@Sarbet888]

This music brought back a lot of good memories for me , thank you .

[@mekit.mariam3198]

great music!!! Thanks for sharing

[@teferabekele395]

ድንቅ መልእክት እናመሰግናለን ።

[@dilubizuneh1901]

Amazing performance, and big band.

[@leukebede6773]

Wow...what a beautiful music. The Golden age of Ethiopian music

[@simebalo1970]

Wow!! what amazing song

[@Russgershon]

it really is!

[@yoj2773]

Am in love with this song uuuuuuuuffffffff

[@tadeth]

ይህን ቆንጆ ሙዚቃ እንደተለመደው የሚቀዳ እንዴት ታጣ ወይስ አልሰማሁም?

[@adamuabegaz512]

የጋሼ ግርማ የኔ ሀሳብ ነይ ወደኔ ጥልቅ የሆነ የማያረጅ የሙዚቃ ስራ ነው!ድንቅ!!!

[@tamrattafari501]

What a reminder of those bygone tmes! Mr Girma himself performing again. But the works of the great Nerses are rarely heard these days. I really wonder if his musical works with the Haile Sellasie Theater Orchestra have survived. It seems there is a conspiracy of some kind to suppress and make his music unavailable as many of my efforts to get them have been frustrated. As a child growing then his music makes part of my early memory of life and events in those times. I pray I may get them some day.

[@Russgershon]

Tamrat, the Either/Orchestra has finished an entire album of Nalbandian material, which will be coming out later this year as Ethiopiques 32: Nalbandian the Ethiopian. Hang in there!

[@ay78124]

thank you . I can not wait for this album to come out and grab one for myself !

[@mekit.mariam3198]

Russ Gershon let us know when it is out please

[@Russgershon]

will do

[@kacey_playz3302]

Superior music God bless Girma

[@Joe-g1t]

wow perfect

[@ከተዘጋውዶሴ]

Wow just wow wonderful

[@Spilbergsch]

Really it is amazing gift

[@tibebesolomon9960]

ዘመን የመይሽረው ድምጽ

[@mussieg3799]

One of my favourate.

[@yohanneb.meskel7654]

Wow wow wow love love

[@nabilteha4432]

This is what i call nice music

[@woldugeberemeskel7969]

What a band!!!

[@zakerijoshua4096]

The legendary!

[@LoveAndPeace2424]

Love the solo of Clarinet.. my son plays Clarinet 👏

[@NORTAMRAT]

Thanks Russ Gershon. You answered my eternal question. Ethiopian music is deep it only lucks the development of musical instrument which supposed to be accompanied it. I mean playing the instruments in this level. Thanks again.

[@JemalMiftah]

I am listening and listening, can't satisfy.Nice music

[@demissiedegefaw4081]

Timeless!

[@bruckasrat1724]

Best of all time

[@kiramah-yu1yf]

manew endene 2016/2024 eyesenaw yale 🥰🥰

[@nmariam123]

He still sounds great

[@melatanbessi9645]

I love this music remember my ex

[@danielmars1996]

I cry when I hear this song

[@esmaiesalieesmhk6723]

Woogeeeerat yoookrin maawoodadia ebiyaaln baa z dai

[@tsegayebselassie]

what a voice!!!

[@Kezira_multimedia]

እኔም ዘወትር ይህን ሙዚቃ ስሰማ ወደድሮዬ ጭልጥ እላለሁ።

[@yoj2773]

Am always love and love love everything time

[@pcpc5242]

old ethio musics are sweet

[@selamhailu6725]

The best music

[@hiwotahmed7027]

I miss my mom 😭😭😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢