For more than six decades, South African jazz piano virtuoso Abdullah Ibrahim has delighted and enlightened audiences around the world. During his first years on the scene, Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand in Cape Town) kept company with giants like John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, as well as...
Performance: Saturday 28 March 2020, times TBC Masterclass: Friday 27 March 2020 Weekend Pass: ZAR999.00 Day Pass: ZAR649.00 Venue: CTICC...
The road to jazz stardom once ran straight through Miles Davis. You introduced yourself to audiences as a member of Miles's band, and they knew who you were and what you could do when you formed your own....
"It was a beautiful year," said Trafalgar High's Treatwell Pamhidzayi, waiting anxiously in the hall of the historic school in Cape Town's District Six for the 2019 matric results....
"As we enter the 2020s, we thought we would pick our Top 10 albums of the Decade...
Comme chaque année, l'équipe de TSFJAZZ vous dévoile son palmarès des meilleurs albums sortis ces 12 derniers mois et dont les gagnants ont été annoncés dans notre émission mensuelle....
Earlier this year, Abdullah Ibrahim returned once more to BBC’s flagship television show Later With Jools…, hosted by pianist and iconic presenter Jools Holland. The only entirely music-dedicated show on British terrestrial television, Later with Jools has been running since 1992 and is watched world over...
This record comes quite soon (for AI) after ‘The Balance’ but unlike that one this is a solo outing recorded live at his now hometown in Bavaria. I had the privilege of hearing this live at Cadogan Hall the day before I got the review...
Performing solo, the 84-year-old South African pianist treats melody with reverence – then instinctively, skilfully dismantles it....
