The Cape Town International Jazz Festival is hosting a free memorial concert at the Artscape Opera House on June 29, 2026, to ...

This is not a conventional obituary, but a memoir of devotion – to the legendary South African pianist, the long-ago politics ...

The Artscape Opera House vibrated with heartfelt tributes as musicians and fans gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of ...

Jazz legend and anti-apartheid icon Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age of 91. He leaves behind a global contribution to jazz music.

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in 1965. “There was this club in New York and I suggested that I bring my trio,” ...

Pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, who died on Monday aged 91, escaped apartheid-era South Africa to be discovered by jazz great Duke Ellington, becoming highly influential with a distinct musical ...

Abdullah Ibrahim, aka Dollar Brand, born Adolph Johannes Brand, was born in Cape Town South Africa in 1934. He is credited with taking part in the first jazz recording session in South Africa, a date ...

The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career ...

Ibrahim, who died June 15, left South Africa in 1962 and lived in exile in the U.S. and Europe for many years. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen to Terry Gross' 1989 interview.