2019 NEA Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim To Participate In Master Class At Howard University
The 2019 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim will conduct a master class with Howard University student musicians Tuesday, April 16, 2019 from 12:40–1:40 p.m. inside Howard University’s Childers Recital Hall, located at 2455 6thStreet NW, Washington, D.C. Ibrahim is recipient of a 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. […]
The Jazz Bakery Presents Abdullah Ibrahim’s Ekaya Septet @ The Moss Theater 03.31.19
In two settings Sunday evening, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim showed why the NEA designated him a Jazz Master. The evening began with a 1+ meeting between Ibrahim and a theatre filled with young students, peppering him with questions about his career in music. Ibrahim gave a rich history of both his music and social background, discussing […]
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LUSH LIFE Presents Abdullah Ibrahim Solo Piano Concert 2019 at Kamigamo Shrine. 2019.9.28 (sat) / 29 (sun) 開催決定！詳細は、Facebook, Twitterにて後日あらためてお知らせします。（GW前後予定）
Celebrate the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters with the National Endowment for the Arts
Free Tickets to the April 15 Tribute Concert Available to Reserve Starting March 7 Washington, DC: The National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters – recipients of the nation’s highest honor in jazz – at a series of free events this April, held in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy […]
Abdullah Ibrahim signs with Gearbox Records
gearboxrecords huge announcement: The legendary South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand) has signed to Gearbox. Abdullah has been making music since the 40s, and has collaborated with the likes of Duke Ellington, Don Cherry, and Archie Shepp. A prolific composer, his famous composition ‘Mannenberg’ has become associated with the anti-apartheid movement […]
National Endowment for the Arts Names 2019 Jazz Masters
It is a springtime rite of passage eagerly awaited by jazz enthusiasts. The 2019 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced four greats who will join an esteemed group of jazz giants. This year’s honorees are: Stanley Crouch – jazz historian, author, critic, co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center (2019 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz […]
Concerts & Master Class in Söllhuben Hirzinger Germany
Once-off Abdullah Ibrahim Master Class at the Fugard Studio Theatre
Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s most distinguished pianist, will be presenting a once-off Master Class as part of his Solo Piano Concert Series in The Fugard Studio Theatre in January 2019. On Wednesday 16 January 2019 at 14h00, Abdullah Ibrahim, world renowned musician whose career spans nearly seventy years, will take audiences through his process of […]
Abdullah Ibrahim interviewed on SAFM’s “The Jet Set Breakfast”
Listen to Abdullah Ibrahim being interviewed on receiving the 2019 Jazz Master Award, and his upcoming tour to South Africa, below: Content hosted by iono.fm
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Dr Billy Taylor narrated an incident when he and Art Tatum after a concert went to hang at a club. A young pianist was playing. When he noticed that Art Tatum was in the house he came over. ‘Mr Tatum what an honour to meet. You have been my inspiration and I would like to […]