Abdullah Ibrahim Performance and Masterclass in Cape Town
Performance: Saturday 28 March 2020, times TBC Masterclass: Friday 27 March 2020 Weekend Pass: ZAR999.00 Day Pass: ZAR649.00 Venue: CTICC
The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll: The Fringe Fills the Gap
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.
Long commute pays off for some of Cape Town’s ecstatic matrics
“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.
“Balance” makes Fopp Covent Garden’s Top 10 Albums of the Decade
“As we enter the 2020s, we thought we would pick our Top 10 albums of the Decade…”
Le Palmarès 2019 de TSFJAZZ!
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.
Later… with Jools Holland
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 by millions of fans. The episode in question aired on the […]
Abdullah Ibrahim ‘Dream Time’ CD (ENJA) 5/5
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 copy of the CD. So this is a review which […]
Abdullah Ibrahim review – 50 dazzling years of jazz distilled
Performing solo, the 84-year-old South African pianist treats melody with reverence – then instinctively, skilfully dismantles it.
Abdullah Ibrahim Solo Piano – 9 Oktober
JazzTimes 10: Essential Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim Recordings
Ten pieces, in chronological order, that document the NEA Jazz Master’s musical journey.