ABDULLAH IBRAHIM & EKAYA ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL LONDON 14 NOV 2017 Great Audience 'SIX STANDING OVATIONS' Abdullah Ibrahim Piano Cleave Guyton Alto sax, piccolo, flute Lance Bryant Tenor sax Andrae Murchison Trombone Marshall McDonald Baritone sax Noah Jackson Cello, bass Will Terrill Drums...
The music of pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim conveys an extraordinary depth in stillness. More than perhaps any other improvising artist, he knows how to turn the solitary act of introspection into a communal experience that's both transporting and immersive. There's a history behind that sorcery, which you...
Abdullah Ibrahim has toured around the world as a solitary pianist since the 1960s. His captivating performances at the famous halls and religious buildings around the world have inspired countless people. Among these many performances was one held at the World Heritage Kamigamo Shrine in...
South Africa’s most distinguished pianist, Abdullah Ibrahim, will present two solo piano concerts at the Artscape Theatre on 13 and 14 October 2017. The highly anticipated programme showcases Mr. Ibrahim's compositions spanning the past seventy years, influenced by people, places and events that have impacted his...
The German Jazz Trophy will be given to the South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim at the event center SpardaWelt on July 7th. Ibrahim is considered a defining influence on modern creative jazz and has been a musical leader in the struggle against South African apartheid throughout...
It’s not surprising yet it remains illuminating that New Orleans artists’ sets stand tall next to the superstars who perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Many of them provided some of the highlights of the festival’s first weekend and were given credos...
Since leaving South Africa in the early 1960s to escape apartheid and pursue an international career, the jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has made music with a sense of tenuous suspension. You could say his is a gospel of near-deliverance....
The session is only dimly remembered now. It took place in January 1960, in the midst of the South African summer, at the Gallo recording studio in Johannesburg. The album that emerged, Jazz Epistle, Verse 1, was the first full-length by a Black South African...
Die German Jazz Trophy erhält in diesem Jahr der Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, der 1934 in Kapstadt auf die Welt kam. Der mit 15.000 Euro dotierte Preis, samt einer von Otto Herbert Hayek geschaffenen Skulptur, wird am 7. Juli 2017 zum Auftakt der Jazz-Open Stuttgart überreicht....
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