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African Piano
Abdullah Ibrahim
Japo
602537435555
LPS 140596
JAPO 60002 LP
JAZZ
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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 this album 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.
PERSONNEL:
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM, piano
Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, October 22, 1969
SIDE A:
01. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
02. Selby That The Eternal Spirit Is The Only Reality
03. The Moon
04. Xaba
SIDE B:
01. Sunset In The Blue
02. Kippy
03. Jabulani - Easter Joy
04. Tintiyana
FORMAT | LP |
DISCS NUMBER | 1 |
RECORDED | 0 |
LABEL CODE | JAPO 60002 LP |
STYLE | JAZZ |