Abdullah Ibrahim

Abdullah Ibrahim – 3 (2024) [24Bit-192kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:56:13 minutes | 3,06 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Abdullah Ibrahim – 3 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:56:13 minutes | 3,07 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gearbox Records

The redoubtable South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim—formerly known as Dollar Brand—was born in 1934. But well into the 21st century, Ibrahim is still going strong as is evidenced by 3, where he is joined by Cleave Guyton on flute, piccolo, and clarinet, and Noah Jackson on bass and cello. The sprawling release features six studio cuts and more than a dozen live tracks recorded at a 2023 concert at London’s Barbican Centre. The trio plays a kind of chamber music that deftly blends jazz, classical, and South African music.

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Abdullah Ibrahim – The Balance (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:59 minutes | 804 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gearbox Records

There are few musicians in jazz who can make you feel that essentially all is right in the world. Getting the balance just right has always been Ibrahim’s great strength, drawing from a source but keeping it fresh. A modern master… his graceful playing leans on equal measures of force and restraint, of dense clusters and open space. Mr. Ibrahim’s music is dotted by satisfying, sometimes stunning, passages of repose.

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Abdullah Ibrahim – African Piano (1970/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:45 minutes | 772 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JAPO Records

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 African Piano is ‘documentary’ rather than luxuriantly hi-fidelity, 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 re-examines 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. African Piano was a highly influential album, and it has lost none of its power.

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