Happy Birthday Abdullah Ibrahim. ‘Dr. Ibrahim’

This day (October 9, 1934), in Cape Town, South Africa, is born Adolph Johannes Brand a.k.a. Dollar Brand a.k.a. Abdullah Ibrahim, a South African pianist and composer.

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Tracklist :

1 . Torino Jazz Festival (2013)

2 . Blue Bolero (2011)

3 . @ Leverkusen (2007)

4 . Cape Town Flower (1999)

5 . w/ Carlos Ward – Poland 1984

6 . w/ Max Roach – Jazz Baltica 1997

7 . At The Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland (2010)

8 . w/ Ekaya – The Mountain / Nisa / Mississippi

9 . Leverkusen 2007 (1/2)

10 . Leverkusen 2007 (2/2)

11 . At Jazz Fest Wien 08

12 . Cape Town Jazz Orchestra – In The Footsteps Of Abdullah Ibrahim

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Abdullah Ibrahim Top 10 :

The Wedding . Ishmael . Blues For A Hip King . For Coltrane . The Mountain . Tintinyana . Whoza Mtwana . Tuang Guru . Water From An Ancient Well . Song For Sathima .

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Wikipedia : This day (October 9, 1934), in Cape Town, South Africa, is born Adolph Johannes Brand a.k.a. Dollar Brand a.k.a. Abdullah Ibrahim, a South African pianist and composer.

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Abdullah Ibrahim‘s Mantra Modes : :

@last.fm : 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.

@Discogs : He was given the Dollar nickname due his regular purchases of jazz LPs from US-American soldiers as a youth, and when he converted to Islam in 1968 he changed his name to Abdullah Ibrahim — although he continued to perform and record under the Dollar Brand monicker for some years thereafter.

Photo : Ian Wilson

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