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African Piano

Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand)

SKU: 3743555

Barcode: 602537435555

21.00 £21.00
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: ECM
  • Released Date: 27th January 2014
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP

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African Piano was a highly influential album, and it has lost none of its power – as can be heard on this new 180g vinyl. Both versions are
released for the first time under the name Abdullah Ibrahim instead of the pianist’s original ‘Dollar Brand’ sobriquet. Sometimes a musical message is so urgent that questions of recording quality are almost
beside the point. Informally recorded in 1969 in a noisy club – Copenhagen’s famous Jazzhus Montmartre – the flavour of this album is ‘documentary’ rather than luxuriantly hifidelity, yet the essence of Abdullah Ibrahim’s communication comes through loud and clear. The listener is drawn into the robust rhythms of his solo piano style, as he reexamines the history of jazz from a South African perspective, with echoes of songs of the townships, and vamps that hint of Monk and Duke and much more.

Personnel: Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)

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Track Listings

Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
Selby That The Eternal Spirit Is The Only Reality
The Moon
Xaba
Sunset In Blue
Kippy
Jabulani -­ Easter Joy
Tintiyana

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