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Abdullah Ibrahim (born 1934, Cape Town, South Africa), formerly known as Adolph Johannes Brand, and as Dollar Brand (from a popular brand of cigarettes), is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles. He first received piano lessons at the age of seven, was an avid consumer of jazz records brought by American sailors, and was playing jazz professionally by 1949.
In 1959 and 1960, he played alongside Kippie Moeketsi with The Jazz Epistles in Sophiatown before joining the European tour of the musical King Kong.
In 1962 during a tour of Europe, Duke Ellington heard “The Dollar Brand Trio” playing in Zürich’s “Africana Club”. As a result, a recording was set up with Reprise Records; “Duke Ellington presents The Dollar Brand Trio”. The Dollar Brand Trio (with Johnny Gertze on bass and Makaya Ntshoko on drums) subsequently played at many European festivals, as well as on radio and television.
He briefly returned to South Africa in the mid-1970s after his conversion to Islam (and the resultant change of name from Dollar Brand to Abdullah Ibrahim); however, he soon returned to New York in 1976, as he found the political conditions too oppressive. While in South Africa, however, he made a series of recordings with noted Cape Town jazz players (including Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen). This included Coetzee’s masterpiece, “Mannenberg”, acknowledged by most as one of South Africa’s greatest musical compositions; the recording soon became an unofficial soundtrack to the anti-apartheid resistance.
In 1962 during a tour of Europe, Duke Ellington heard “The Dollar Brand Trio” playing in Zürich’s “Africana Club”. As a result, a recording was set up with Reprise Records; “Duke Ellington presents The Dollar Brand Trio”. The Dollar Brand Trio (with Johnny Gertze on bass and Makaya Ntshoko on drums) subsequently played at many European festivals, as well as on radio and television.
He briefly returned to South Africa in the mid-1970s after his conversion to Islam (and the resultant change of name from Dollar Brand to Abdullah Ibrahim); however, he soon returned to New York in 1976, as he found the political conditions too oppressive. While in South Africa, however, he made a series of recordings with noted Cape Town jazz players (including Basil Coetzee and Robbie Jansen). This included Coetzee’s masterpiece, “
Mannenberg”, acknowledged by most as one of South Africa’s greatest musical compositions; the recording soon became an unofficial soundtrack to the anti-apartheid resistance.
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Theeboon wrote:
It's just plain stupid (and not to mention historically inaccurate) that Dollar Brand releases get autocorrected to Abdullah Ibrahim.
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ksjn wrote:
l love Ibrahim.
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Billiat wrote:
Sup ma man hw z i lov yo music
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ze0d wrote:
Mannenberg ♥
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koyukon wrote:
guilty of being an outstanding artist, yes (o_o )
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bal-i_cibril wrote:
guilty
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Mango90 wrote:
should i go for another concert?
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PablolitaScobar wrote:
simply the best.. capetown revisited has got the flow without while being far from easy listening sounds.
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tenrapid wrote:
it is his 75th birthday today and he's doing a special concert tonight in Johannesburg which i'm going to! i'm not the biggest jazz fan (although i know a lot of his early stuff because my mom always played his albums at home), but i'm still looking forward to watching a living SA legend at work :)
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koajazzz wrote:
Namlhanje, très belle chanson
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StevePL wrote:
GOOD
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PablolitaScobar wrote:
Can you guys help me? I am looking for the song "The Minstrel", a track on the Album "Made in South Africa Township One More Time". This is not purchasable neither on Amazon.com nor on Amazon Europe...Anybody who knows where I could purchase the album?
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PopplagiWest wrote:
One of the greatest living treasures of the jazz world. This man is holy.
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boroboro222 wrote:
Hi to all! i just found a place where to download acid jazz mp3 to hard drive http://mp3downloadserver.net/ jazzzinggg ;)
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eclectictrains wrote:
At last I have found this track. I am at peace with my musical world. I saw Abdullah Ibrahim back in 1993 at the Jazz Cafe in Camden London. He was playing as a 4 piece with some NY based musicians and they were amazing. "The Mountain" melted over me and the audience and we were caught under his spell. Abdullah Ibrahim is so prolific and I didn't which album it was on. I had, and still have, the tune in my head but didn't know it's name. On one occasion I even whistled it to a man behind the counter on the jazz floor of Virgin on Oxford Street. Thanks Last.fm, a musical mission has been accomplished. I might even buy the cd...
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Shichman wrote:
good stuff
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zziverbey wrote:
great man, great music
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sparsk wrote:
This music is so deep and fluid! Can't get enough African Magic.
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