Abdullah Ibrahim

• 3 x 140gm Black Vinyl LP

• gatefold sleeve with OBI strip

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Taken from Abdullah Ibrahim’s summer 2023 sold-out headline date at London’s Barbican Centre, the new album “3” follows suit and is spread across two performances – the first is recorded without an audience ahead of the concert straight to analogue on a 1” Scully tape machine, which had previously been used by Elvis at the famous Memphis-based Sun Studios.

The second recording is taken from the evening’s performance itself with Ibrahim performing in a unique trio which includes Cleave Guyton (flute, piccolo, saxophone) who has performed alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, and Joe Henderson, as well as lauded bassist and cellist Noah Jackson, both of which are members of EKAYA and featured on Ibrahim’s Top 3 Billboard Jazz album “The Balance”.

PERSONNEL:

• Abdullah Ibrahim - (Fazioli F278 concert grand piano)
• Cleave Guyton Jr. - (flute, piccolo)
• Noah Jackson - (double bass, cello)

Recorded at the Barbican Hall, July 15th 2023

TRACKS:

• LP ONE
• VOLUME 1 - DIRECT TOTAPE (45 RPM)

• A1. Barakat
• A2. Tsakwe
• A3. Krotoa - Crystal Clear

• B1. Maraba
• B2. Ishmael
• B3. Mindif
• ___________________________

• LP TWO
• VOLUME 2 PT 1 - LIVE AT THE BARBICAN (33 1/2 RPM)

• C1. In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington)
• C2. Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
• C3. Reprise 1

• D1. Water from an Ancient Well
• D2. Nisa
• D3. The Wedding
• ___________________________

• LP THREE
• VOLUME 2 PT 2 - LIVE AT THE BARBICAN (33 1/2 RPM)

• E1. Tuang Guru
• E2. Reprise 2

• F1. Dreamtime
• F2. Skippy (Thelonious Monk)
• F3. Blue Bolero
• F4. Mindif
• F5. Trance-mission