South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim #jazzisdead #Repost @audio_grail ・・・ Zoning…. Abdullah Ibrahim, Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro. There’s something about this piece, his composure his channeling of spirit that arrests me fully. Maybe his mother who was a pianist in a local church passed on this ability to connect? Every time I went to Cape Town I’d look for Cape Jazz, elation often turned to disappointment when checking condition but the influences there (Cape Malay / township and political expre

Few artists embody the spirit of South African jazz quite like Abdullah Ibrahim. Born in Cape Town in 1934, his music has long been a vessel for history, resilience, and deep spiritual reflection. Emerging in the 1950s with the pioneering group The Jazz Epistles—which also included Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi, and Jonas Gwangwa—Ibrahim helped shape a distinctly South African modern jazz sound that blended bebop with township rhythms and African hymnals. Forced into exile during apartheid, Ibr

🎹 Abdullah Ibrahim à La Seine Musicale 🎶 Figure incontournable du piano jazz, Abdullah Ibrahim incarne la lutte et l’émancipation à travers sa musique. Né sous l’apartheid à Cape Town, il a transformé l'oppression en lumière. 🌟 Inspiré par ses racines sud-africaines et guidé par des rencontres légendaires comme Duke Ellington et John Coltrane, il façonne une musique profondément spirituelle et méditative. 🎼 ✨ Reconnu par Nelson Mandela comme l’égal de Bach ou Beethoven, ce phénomène du jazz

Happy 91st Birthday to the legendary pianist, composer, and innovator Abdullah Ibrahim! A titan of South Africa’s jazz scene, a keeper of many of the musical traditions of Cape Town, and an iconic piano master, Abdullah Ibrahim has developed an utterly singular sound and style over a career that has spanned nearly eight decades! Wielding a piano touch that echoes the influences of everything from Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington to the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Cape Town’s Kaapse K