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Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) 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. Ibrahim is considered the leading figure in the subgenre of Cape jazz. Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. He is known especially for "Mannenberg", a jazz piece that became a notable anti-apartheid anthem.During the apartheid era in the 1960s, Ibrahim moved to New York City and, apart from a brief return to South Africa in the 1970s, remained in exile until the early '90s. Over the decades he has toured the world extensively, appearing at major venues either as a solo artist or playing with other renowned musicians, including Max Roach, Carlos Ward and Randy Weston, as well as collaborating with classical orchestras in Europe. With his wife, the jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin, he is father to the New York underground rapper Jean Grae, as well as to a son, Tsakwe.
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Senzo [2008]
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In a Sentimental Mood | 3:01 |
African Breeze [2002]
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Come Sunday |
HIP JAZZ BOP - Cut And Run: Jazz Essentials By Jazz Greats [2002]
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A Night In Tunisia | 7:23 |
The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 4 [1995]
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You Are Too Beautiful | 6:04 |
Masters of the Jazz Piano [1994]
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'Round Midnight |
Anthem for the New Nations [Denon] [1991]
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I Surrender, Dear |
Ode to Duke Ellington [1973]
Song | Duration |
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Solitude | 4:20 |
In a Sentimental Mood | 4:23 |
Reflections [1965]
Song | Duration |
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Mood Indigo | 8:34 |
Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 8:34 |
You Are Too Beautiful [#] | 6:10 |
Reflections [1201 Music] [1965]
Song | Duration |
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Mood Indigo | 8:35 |
You Are Too Beautiful | 6:10 |
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