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The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at The Town Hall
by Dan Bilawsky
The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya The Town Hall New York, NY April 27, 2017 There are rare instances when a musical message for the times manages to transcend its place, evolving into a message for all time. Such is the case with The Jazz Epistles, the first black South African band to embrace and advance the sounds of modern jazz. Back in 1959, a collection of that country's ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim in Stunning Recital at the 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival
by John Ephland
Abdullah Ibrahim Universitetets Aula 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival Oslo, Norway August 16, 2016 Alternately rhapsodic and episodic, pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim filled the airs of the 500- seat Universitetets Aula with melody upon melody, all of it improvised yet seemingly composed. The occasion was the 30th annual Oslo Jazz Festival, August 14-20, and Ibrahim was going it alone, a scheduled trio performance canceled due to rumors of a terrorist ...
Continue ReadingAbullah Ibrahim at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Abdullah Ibrahim SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA April 29-30, 2016 At 81, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, is still going strong, something he proved during a remarkable tour-de-force performance which spanned four nights at SFJAZZ in San Francisco. For the first two evenings (Thursday and Friday), Ibrahim appeared in the company of his Mukashi Trio. For these nights, Ibrahim brought together bassist, cellist, and composer Noah Jackson, a Detroit native, and Cleave Guyton Jr. who played ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim at The National Concert Hall, Dublin
by Ian Patterson
Abdullah Ibrahim National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland March 4, 2016 South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is showing few signs of a diminished appetite for the road, despite turning eighty one this past November. A short UK tour precedes a string of US dates and there are already gigs in the diary for 2017. This one-off Irish show at the National Concert Hall presented Ibrahim solo, a context he has repeatedly explored during his ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at the Michigan Theater
by C. Andrew Hovan
Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya Michigan Theater University Musical Society 22nd Annual Jazz Series Ann Arbor, Michigan October 21, 2015 The opportunities to hear some of the remaining jazz legends outside of their home environs are becoming increasingly rare these days. In the case of pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, it is downright miraculous that this international icon left his home in Cape Town to make a rare stateside appearance. Add to that the fact that he ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim: The Song Is My Story
by Maurizio Zerbo
Abdullah Ibrahim festeggia i suoi ottanta anni come meglio non si poteva, con questa aforistica prova discografica. Tratti per lo più dal suo repertorio più noto tra gli anni '60 e '70, i brani privilegiano la dimensione apollinea e melodica, legata alla forma-canzone. Trovandoci di fronte ad un musicista di classe eccelsa, va da sé che i brani riproposti costituiscano uno sviluppo e non una sterile rivisitazione del passato. Segue ad ogni tema una breve improvvisazione che lascia spazio al ...
Continue ReadingAbdullah Ibrahim: The Song Is My Story
by James Nadal
Blessed is the artist who has reached the zenith of his craft, and endured to reap the rewards, becoming the wise elder reflecting upon a lifetime of creative accomplishment. Having left an impressive body of work, he still greets the dawn with exuberance and optimism. Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is such an artist. As a consummate and dedicated musician, he blazed a trail from the tumultuous townships of Capetown, South Africa to the premier concert halls of the world, and remains ...
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