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 ...

The principal is to establish a state of fearlessness, because when you play a solo you're going into uncharted waters; waters where you've never been before, and it's terrifying. And, like the ...

Born in 1934 in Cape Town, Dollar Brand, as he became known, was exposed to a melting pot of cultural influences: African Khoi-san songs, Christian hymns, gospel tunes, and spirituals, as well as ...

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,” ...

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 - ...

This is FRESH AIR. South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim was known early in his career as Dollar Brand. He left South Africa in 1962 for Europe, where Duke Ellington heard and recorded ...

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) ...

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 legendary jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim, who lives in Berlin, will be back in his home city to perform for only two nights at the Artscape on Friday and Saturday October 13 and October 14. He offers ...

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 ...

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 ...