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Abdullah Ibrahim biography, Abdullah Ibrahim discography
Abdullah Ibrahim (born 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa), formerly known as Adolph Johannes Brand, and 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.Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington.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.Ibrahim then joined the European tour of the musical King Kong.As a result, a recording session 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.Since then Ibrahim has toured mainly in Europe, the United States, and in his home country, South Africa.He mainly plays piano but also plays flute, saxophone, and cello; he mainly performs his own compositions, although he sometimes performs pieces composed by others.Abdullah Ibrahim has written the soundtracks for a number of films, including the award winning Chocolat and, more recently, No Fear, No Die.Since the end of apartheid, he has lived in Cape Town, and now divides his time between his global concert circuit, New York, and South Africa.He also took part in the 2002 documentary Amandla!Ibrahim has worked as a solo performer, typically in mesmerising unbroken concerts that echo the unstoppable impetus of the old marabi performers.This page was last modified on 4 November 2008, at 17:37.Manfred RinderspacherSouth African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim got his first record deal from Duke Ellington in 1964.Independent producer David Schulman talks to Abdullah Ibrahim in 2002 during a rehearsal in a New York apartment.Your purchase helps support NPR Programming.Like many jazz musicians, South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim grew up listening to gospel music.His grandmother played piano in the African Methodist Episcopalian Church.Unlike many American players, though, Ibrahim spent many years living in exile from his home country.Born in 1934 as Adolph Johannes Brand, Ibrahim grew up under apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa.He loved the jazz he heard on the radio, and sometimes bought jazz records from black American GIs.But public mixing of the races was illegal, and jazz players in integrated bands risked arrest playing in underground clubs run by gangsters.Ibrahim became a political exile in 1976, after he announced his membership in Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.But soon before he left South Africa, Ibrahim and his band went into the studio in Cape Town.Years later, Ibrahim performed when Mandela was sworn in as president in 1994.As Ibrahim's style evolved, his compositions grew more deeply rooted in the sounds of Africa.Few living composers can match his melodic inventiveness.He is married to the noted jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin.CommentsDiscussions for this story are now closed.CD: African MagicArtist: Abdullah IbrahimLabel: Enja Justin TimeReleased: 2003Amazon.CD: Cape Town RevisitedArtist: Abdullah IbrahimLabel: Enja Justin TimeReleased: 2004Amazon.CD: Voice of AfricaArtist: Abdullah IbrahimLabel: BMG Int'lReleased: 2003Amazon.Your purchase helps support NPR Programming.Your purchase helps support NPR Programming.
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