South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim #jazzisdead #Repost @audio_grail ・・・ Zoning…. Abdullah Ibrahim, Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro. There’s something about this piece, his composure his channeling of spirit that arrests me fully. Maybe his mother who was a pianist in a local church passed on this ability to connect? Every time I went to Cape Town I’d look for Cape Jazz, elation often turned to disappointment when checking condition but the influences there (Cape Malay / township and political expre

Happy 91st Birthday to the legendary pianist, composer, and innovator Abdullah Ibrahim! A titan of South Africa’s jazz scene, a keeper of many of the musical traditions of Cape Town, and an iconic piano master, Abdullah Ibrahim has developed an utterly singular sound and style over a career that has spanned nearly eight decades! Wielding a piano touch that echoes the influences of everything from Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington to the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Cape Town’s Kaapse K