Abdullah Ibrahim’s new solo program transcends category, combining the intimate and the universal in a unique way that is hinted at in its title. SENZO means “Ancestor” in both Chinese and Japanese.

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is performing at the Berklee Performance Center on Saturday November 16th, presented by Celebrity Series of Boston. Al Davis and Va Lynda Robinson, hosts of ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Born in 1934 in Cape Town, Dollar Brand, as he became known, was exposed to ...

Recognition doesn't really bother me, or non-recognition... one day I'll be able to play 10 seconds of pure beauty...God willing one day. That is what we strive for - no matter the conditions - ...

For about four years back in the 1980s, one of the biggest musical attractions of a trip to New York City was the chance to hear South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim’s seven-piece “little big band,” ...

When Abdullah Ibrahim takes the Berklee Performance Center stage Sunday night, under the auspices of World Music, it will be the first time in years that he’s played locally with his big (seven-piece) ...

An African piano feast! "The Daily Planet" explores the new CD by PAUL HANMER, who already enjoys the highest profile of any South African pianist-composer to have "emerged", post-apartheid. It ...

Renowned jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, turning 90 this October 9, launches a world tour celebrating his extraordinary career. Ibrahim grew up in Cape Town's District Six and his compositions are ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Abdullah Ibrahim was an adult before he learned his father had been murdered when he, Abdullah, was only four. He'd grown up believing ...

The reissued album features the sound of the South African musician once known as Dollar Brand. Critic Kevin Whitehead says: "When Abdullah got a-rumbling, his piano was like a force of nature." This ...

More than six decades into a trail-blazing career in music, and recently named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, Abdullah Ibrahim shows no signs of slowing down. The legendary jazz ...

The South African musician formed the Jazz Epistles and got a boost from Duke Ellington. Now 84, he is a Jazz Master and still a vital force onstage. By Giovanni Russonello WASHINGTON — Receiving a ...