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African Piano
Abdullah Ibrahim
Japo
602537435524
ECM 140597
JAPO 60002
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:
DOLLAR BRAND, piano
Recorded October 1969
TRACKS:
01. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
02. Selby That The Eternal Spirit Is The Only Reality
03. The Moon
04. Xaba
05. Sunset In Blue
06. Kippy
07. Jabulani Easter Joy
08. Tintiyana
FORMAT | CD |
DISCS NUMBER | 1 |
RECORDED | 0 |
LABEL CODE | JAPO 60002 |
STYLE | JAZZ |