Mannenberg; Song for Sathima; The Wild Rose; Hamba Khale; Tone Poem 2: Blue Bolero. This album celebrates the music of a true musical icon, the great South African pianist and composer and 2019 NEA ...

He was called Sentso, Adolph, Dollar, then Abdullah. Nelson Mandela called him ‘our Mozart’. Whatever the name, the music behind it never stopped reaching back towards the scarred but sacred hearts ...

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

1. Bra Timing From Phomolong 2. Mannenberg 3. Bayi Lam 4. Blues For A Hip King 5. Woza Mtwana 6. Little Boy 7. Tintinyana 8. The Wedding 9. African Sun 10. Chisa The musicians are listed, per song, in ...

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

As a lifelong jazz lover and a South African who lived through the brutal realities of apartheid, the news of Professor Abdullah Ibrahim’s passing at the age of 91 has filled my heart with profound ...

Calypso Minor; Sotho Blue; Abide; Nisa; The Mountain; The Wedding; Glass Enclosure; Star Dance; Joan Capetown Flower (Emerald Bay). Abdullah Ibrahim: grand piano ...

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.

Born in 1934 in Cape Town, Dollar Brand, as he became known, was exposed to a melting pot of cultural influences: African Khoi-san songs, Christian hymns, gospel tunes, and spirituals, as well as ...

Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African jazz pianist deemed his country's equivalent to Mozart by Nelson Mandela, died Monday in his adopted home of Germany after a short illness. He was 91 years old.

South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim has died, bringing to a close a remarkable career that spanned more than seven decades ...

As a lifelong jazz lover and a South African who lived through the brutal realities of apartheid, the news of Professor Abdullah Ibrahim’s passing at the age of 91 has filled my heart with profound ...