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The Abdullah Ibrahim Trio at 92NY
by Paul Reynolds
The Abdullah Ibrahim Trio 92NY New York, NY November 18, 2024 South Africa arguably offers the headiest jazz brew found beyond the borders of the U.S. And since the 2018 death of trumpeter Hugh Masekela, the undisputed elder statesman of the nation's jazz has been Masekela's former '50s Johannesburg band mate, Abdullah Ibrahim. In a career that spans more than 70 years, the pianist's music has epitomized the unique hodgepodge that is the ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim, McCoy Mrubata, Nduduzo Makhathini, Steve Dyer & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy a set spotlighting fascinating South African projects, their new albums which do a really great job at showing both where these artists are coming from and how they experiment with their roots in unconventional ways. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Spirits Rejoice “Emakhaya" Spirits Rejoice! [Reissue] (Frederiksberg) 0:16 Host talks 6:34 McCoy Mrubata & Siyabulela “Oh Yhini--For Winston Ngozi" Lullaby for Khayoyo (AfricArise/Ropeadope) 8:17 Host ...
Continue ReadingSpoleto Festival USA 2023
by Perry Tannenbaum
Spoleto Festival USA Queen Street Playhouse, Sottile Theatre, TD Arena Charleston, SC May 26 to June 11, 2023 Respect for the elders in the jazz lineup of this year's Spoleto Festival USA jazz was gracefully counterbalanced by a hearty welcome to newer generations. It only felt fleetingly like the closing of the book on a previous era when South Africa's iconic pianist-composer Abdullah Ibrahim returned to Charleston, one of the last--if not the very last--headliners ...
Continue ReadingVicenza Jazz 2023
by Libero Farnè
Vicenza Jazz 2023--New Conversations Varie sedi 10--20.5.2023 Almeno due sono state le idee portanti che hanno caratterizzato la ventisettesima edizione di Vicenza Jazz--New Conversations. Innanzi tutto, come ha spesso ripetuto il direttore artistico Riccardo Brazzale nel presentare i concerti, più che in passato si è voluto puntare lo sguardo su proposte rappresentative della ricerca jazzistica più attuale, cogliendo la vitalità di un linguaggio in continua evoluzione, basato su una fertile ibridazione di culture, tendenze, generi ...
Continue ReadingKeep It Big!
by Patrick Burnette
After last episode's extravaganza we decided to keep our focus on larger ensembles for this outing. It's a mix of historical issues (some better engineered than others) and two nearly brand-new releases. What do they have in common? Ain't none of them trios. Pop matters gets historical as we contemplate Pitchfork's deathless mediations on the “oldness" of Steely Dan. Playlist Discussion of Woody Herman's album Moody Woody (Everest) 2:53 Discussion of Abdullah Ibrahim / Dollar Brand's album African ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim: Solotude
by Gareth Thompson
Abdullah Ibrahim once told a seminar at his M7 Academy in Cape Town, “The devil lives on the stage. This is where the ego comes out." On the strength of Solotude, recorded live on his eighty-sixth birthday, Ibrahim has crushed such personal demons and now lets angels guide his performing. One takes his point though, given that even the most spiritual music needs some sense of conceit to create and promote it. But this is an artist with nothing left ...
Continue ReadingJazz From South Africa - Hugh Masakela, Abdullah Ibrahim, Johnny Dyani (1960 - 1978)
by Russell Perry
The brutal repression of the subversive mixed-race jazz subculture in South Africa led to the emigration of several important musicians whose work in the United States and Europe helped focus the world's attention on the apartheid regime in the 1960s and 1970's. Prominent among the emigres are pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, who originally recorded as Dollar Brand, trumpeter Hugh Masekela and bassist Johnny Dyani Playlist Host Intro 0:00 The Jazz Epistles “Vary-Oo-Vum" from Jazz Epistle, Verse 1 (Celluloid) 3:53 ...
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