African Magic

Abdullah Ibrahim - African Magic

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Artist: Abdullah Ibrahim
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-01-28
Music Label: Enja Justin Time
Soundtracks:
  1. Blue Bolero (Fragment 1)
  2. Third Line Samba
  3. Blue Bolero (Fragment 2)
  4. Blues For A Hip King
  5. District Six
  6. Tuang Guru
  7. Blue Bolero (Fragment 3)
  8. Joan - Cape Town Flower
  9. Pule
  10. The Stride
  11. Thaba Bhosigo
  12. The Mountain
  13. Machopi/Jabulani
  14. Black Lightning
  15. Duke 88
  16. Solitude
  17. Eleventh Hour
  18. Blue Bolero (Fragment 4)
  19. In A Sentimental Mood
  20. Moten Swing
  21. For Coltrane
  22. Whoza Mtwana
  23. Tsakwe/Royal Blue
  24. Blue Bolero

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Free Music Review: One of Abdullah's most essential records.A marvel!!!
Hit: 5 Stars

This concert,recorded July 13,2001,in Berlin,Germany,is one of Abdullah Ibrahim's greatest record.This extraordinary piano player,also known as Dollar Brand,was born Adolph Johannes Brand in Cape Town,South Africa, 1934.During a trip to Europe,he met Duke Ellington,in the early sixties;Duke was so fascinated by the young african musician that he organized a recording session for the Reprise label ( Duke Ellington presents the Dollar Brand Trio,February 1963;at this time,Frank Sinatra's label,Reprise,had an excellent musical director,a certain...Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington !!!).Then,Dollar became one of the most talented and adventurous jazz piano players,and his music always combined strong jazz and classical influences and the magic of african music.Just like Randy Weston.
Dollar Brand,then Abdullah Ibrahim,recorded several masterpieces: "African piano","anatomy of a south african village","ode to Duke Ellington","Memories","anthem for the new nations","live at Sweet Basil"(with Carlos Ward),an outstanding duet with Gato Barbieri,and recently,"Cape Town revisited".
This sublime concert is build like an Ellingtonian suite;it turns around "Blue bolero",which appears four times during the recital until a fifth one,an extended version,the last tune of the night.There are some of Abdullah's well known tunes,like "Blues for a hip king"(dedicated to King Sobhuza of Swaziland,who died as a very old man some 10 or 15 years ago),"Cape Town flowers","the mountain","Tsakwe";some salutes to Duke Ellington,"Duke 88","in a sentimental mood" and "solitude";a tribute to Trane,"for Coltrane",and even a glance at Kansas City,with a short excerpt from Bennie Moten's "Moten swing".
Backed by Belden Bullock on bass and Sipho Kunene on drums,Abdullah Ibrahim drives us into his magical world;it seems like the best of both jazz and african music are combined to create one of the most fascinating music ever played.
Within one month,on June 27,I'll be lucky enough to see and hear Abdullah on stage in my town.Lucky because the guy who was supposed to play that night cancelled the date.It was Paul Bley.Abdullah will replace him.This will be a somptuous evening!!!
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Recorded in Berlin at the 2001 Jazz Across the Border Festival, this trio performance is a loosely knit, yet powerful suite that moves across space and time from the landscape of Ibrahim's native South Africa to the history of jazz. Along the way he pays homage to guides and mentors, like the spiritual teacher Tuang Guru and John Coltrane. Duke Ellington gets special attention in the suite's latter stages, including a brief fragment of "Solitude," a deeply personal transformation of "In a Sentimental Mood," and Ibrahim's vigorous "Duke 88." Incorporating familiar Ibrahim themes like the majestic "The Mountain," the suite is sometimes knit together by "Blue Bolero," a bittersweet melody that appears in fragmentary interludes until it ultimately emerges as the suite's lambent conclusion. Elsewhere, one piece evolves naturally into another, with Ibrahim's personal magic consisting in an ability to weld melody and rhythm together in ways that are both unexpected and absolute. Bassist Belden Bullock and drummer Sipho Kunene contribute notably to the rhythmic dialogues of "District Six," "The Stride," and the floating "For Coltrane." --Stuart Broomer

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