Dollar Brand aka Abdullah Ibrahim wrote this epic piece when I was a teenager & I still get up & dance to it. Mannenberg... The place to be | Rooftop Records

🎹 Abdullah Ibrahim à La Seine Musicale 🎶 Figure incontournable du piano jazz, Abdullah Ibrahim incarne la lutte et l’émancipation à travers sa musique. Né sous l’apartheid à Cape Town, il a transformé l'oppression en lumière. 🌟 Inspiré par ses racines sud-africaines et guidé par des rencontres légendaires comme Duke Ellington et John Coltrane, il façonne une musique profondément spirituelle et méditative. 🎼 ✨ Reconnu par Nelson Mandela comme l’égal de Bach ou Beethoven, ce phénomène du jazz

Happy 91st Birthday to the legendary pianist, composer, and innovator Abdullah Ibrahim! A titan of South Africa’s jazz scene, a keeper of many of the musical traditions of Cape Town, and an iconic piano master, Abdullah Ibrahim has developed an utterly singular sound and style over a career that has spanned nearly eight decades! Wielding a piano touch that echoes the influences of everything from Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington to the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Cape Town’s Kaapse K