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Abdullah Ibrahim – Solotude
https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-solotude/
Solotude, My Journey, My Vision, is an album by Abdullah Ibrahim, recorded at Hirzinger, Riedering, Germany on October 9th, 2020.
Each year on October 9th, Abdullah Ibrahim [used to perform] a solo piano concert at the Hirzinger Hall in South Germany in order to celebrate his birthday. Due to lockdown restrictions [due to Covid], this […]
Abdullah Ibrahim – Blues for a Hip King
https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-blues-hip-king/
Abdullah Ibrahim composed this “Blues for a Hip King” for King Sobhuza II of Swaziland in 1989.
The eponymous album contains recordings gathered from several sessions in 1974, 1976 and 1979 and was first released under his “Dollar Brand” name.
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The Jazz Epistles – Verse1
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-jazz-epistles-vary-oo-vum/
Verse 1 by the Jazz Epistles in 1960 is “a genuine hard bop session, swinging and persuasive, coming out of South Africa in an era when black musicians weren’t making any recordings, let alone forward-looking modern jazz albums.”
[They] were South Africa’s first important (albeit short-lived) bebop band, inspired by Art Blakey‘s [...]
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Dollar Brand – Zimbabwe
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-zimbabwe-abdullah-ibrahim/
“Zimbabwe” is the name of a composition, on the album of the same name, released by Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim for Enja Records in 1983.
The track also appears in a shorter live version on “South Africa”, a 25th Anniversary Series album for the Enja Heritage Collection (first released in 1986), that is described […]
Dollar Brand – The Children of Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-the-children-of-africa/
The Children of Africa (aka Banyana) by Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), recorded in NYC and released in 1976. [...]
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Ishmael, dall'album "3" di Abdullah Ibrahim
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Abdullah Ibrahim:
🎵 African Marketplace
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Black Lightning – Dollar Brand
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A rare LP, recorded in 1976 for the Gallo label in South Africa and issued in the US, Black Lightning finds the great pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (still generally known as Dollar Brand at this point) in the company of a number of fellow South African musicians for a very fine session that focuses on his […]
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🎵 Black Lightning
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Black Lightning, by Abdullah I...
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Abdullah Ibrahim:
🎵 Dreamtime
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Dreamtime, by Abdullah Ibrahim
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Abdullah Ibrahim:
🎵 Soweto
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Soweto, by Abdullah Ibrahim
Always searching
Abdullah Ibrahim was difficult, suspicious, and brilliant. And beneath all of it, he was searching for home.
#sketchbook June 2026. I'm glad I got to see #AbdullahIbrahim (aka Dollar Brand) live some years ago, itself a weird gift from #SFjazz for appropriating one of my illustrations in their seasonal brochure without clearance. I remember I went solo even though I was given two tickets. He played beautifully.
https://www.europesays.com/africa/288499/ Malema: Dube was assassinated | Daily Sun #AbdullahIbrahim #EFFLeader #JazzMusician #JuliusMalema #MonicaDube #ShotAndKilled #SouthAfrica
https://www.europesays.com/africa/287937/ Abdullah Ibrahim: The Jazz Visionary Who Gave South Africa Its Sound of Resistance #AbdullahIbrahim #AfricanJazz #AfricanMarketplace #AntiApartheidMusic #ApartheidSouthAfrica #CapeJazz #CapeTown #DistrictSix #DollarBrand #DukeEllington #HughMasekela #JazzEpistles #JazzLegend #JazzPianist #KippieMoeketsi #Mannenberg #MarabiMusic #mbaqanga #NelsonMandela #SathimaBeaBenjamin #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanJazz #SouthAfricanJazzHistory #SouthAfricanMusic #SowetoUprising
https://www.europesays.com/africa/287368/ South Africa Mourns Jazz Legend Abdullah Ibrahim at 91 #AbdullahIbrahim #AntiApartheidMovement #CyrilRamaphosa #JazzLegend #JazzMusic #Mannenberg #OrderOfIkhamanga #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanCulture #YouthDay
I highly recommend these recordings too!
South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91
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Abdullah Ibrahim:
🎵 Cape Town
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Joan - Cape Town Flower, by Ab...
Jazzpianist Abdullah Ibrahim mit 91 Jahren gestorben – Kapstädter Musiker lebte zuletzt in Bayern https://www.diebayern.de/kultur/jazzpianist-abdullah-ibrahim-mit-91-jahren-gestorben-kapstaedter-musiker-lebte-z-3148048?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=dpa&utm_content=textlink #Musik #Bayern #Leute #Deutschland #Südafrika #München #AbdullahIbrahim #Jazz #Mannenberg #Apartheid
Very sad news, so sorry to hear of the passing of jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim. youtu.be/L5i4stj4M30?... #RIP #AbdullahIbrahim #jazz #music #jazzsky #musicsky
Abdullah Ibrahim: Tiny Desk (H...
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A master has passed. Thank you Abdullah Ibrahim for giving the world such unique beauty. Water from an ancient well.
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