Jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim makes one of his final U.S. stops — joined by iconic guests celebrating his remarkable career, shaped alongside greats like Ellington and Coltrane. | Jazz at Lincoln Center

South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim #jazzisdead #Repost @audio_grail ・・・ Zoning…. Abdullah Ibrahim, Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro. There’s something about this piece, his composure his channeling of spirit that arrests me fully. Maybe his mother who was a pianist in a local church passed on this ability to connect? Every time I went to Cape Town I’d look for Cape Jazz, elation often turned to disappointment when checking condition but the influences there (Cape Malay / township and political expre

Few artists embody the spirit of South African jazz quite like Abdullah Ibrahim. Born in Cape Town in 1934, his music has long been a vessel for history, resilience, and deep spiritual reflection. Emerging in the 1950s with the pioneering group The Jazz Epistles—which also included Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi, and Jonas Gwangwa—Ibrahim helped shape a distinctly South African modern jazz sound that blended bebop with township rhythms and African hymnals. Forced into exile during apartheid, Ibr