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Abdullah Ibrahim: A Celebration
by AAJ Staff
Now entering his eighth decade, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has been largely responsible for introducing the world to South African jazz and attracting new ears to its warm, reverent tradition, whether from exile or Cape Town. To celebrate his 70th birthday, his 50th year on record, and his 35th anniversary as an Enja Records recording artist, the ...
Abdullah Ibrahim: A Celebration & Re:Brahim
by AAJ Staff
Now entering his eighth decade, Abdullah Ibrahim has long ago established himself as a true master of jazz--whether in New York, London, Cape Town, or beyond. The pianist has accomplished two very important things in the last fifty years. First, he has brought South African jazz to the world, recruiting new fans to its ...
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio at the Earshot Jazz Festival
by Ryan Burns
(One person says) “You see that man over there? He's very talented. He speaks 40 languages!'? (The other replies) “Oh yeah, Well what does he say?'? ~Abdullah Ibrahim (after being asked by an interviewer how many languages he speaks)A man of few words yet full of musical expression, South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim recently paid ...
Cape Town Revisited
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Damara Blue; Someday Soon Sweet Samba; African Street Parade; District Six Carnival; Song for Sathima; Too-Kah; Tintinyana; Tuang Guru; Eleventh Hour; Water From an Ancient Well; Tsakwe
Abdullah Ibrahim: African Magic
by A. Henkin
Much is made of jazz as the music of African-American experience, one that is sadly pockmarked with racism, prejudice and struggle. These labors give jazz legitimacy and relevance as well as an opportunity for many to say that only jazz' black practitioners are bona fide. The 10th Anniversary of free elections in South ...
South Africa: Two Abdullah Ibrahim Reissues
by AAJ Staff
Probably the most important member of South Africa's jazz elite, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim certainly wasted no time forging alliances after his 1962 departure from his homeland. Although he hit it off right away with Duke Ellington, for example, resulting in the 1963 date Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand Trio , he has always made a ...
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio: Cape Town Revisited
by Jim Santella
This hour of sweet music composed by Abdullah Ibrahim includes dedicatory ballads, festive celebrations, and impressions of his homeland. With his “Cape Town to Congo Square” in three movements, he’s documented the bridge between his birthplace and New Orleans. Common threads enable this ambassador of modern jazz to spread the word about this music all over ...
African Magic
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Blue Bolero (fragment 1); Third Line Samba; Blue Bolero (Fragment 2);
Blues For A Hip King; District Six; Tuang Guru; Blue Bolero (Fragment 3);
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