Birth Name: Abdullah Ibrahim-Ekaya

Instruments: Piano

Labels: Intuition

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Genre: Afican Jazz

Occupation(s): Pianist

Pianist / composer Abdullah Ibrahim had one of his strongest groups for this studio date, a septet LP with altoist Carlos Ward, tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, baritonist Charles Davis, trombonist Dick Griffin, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Ben Riley. It is always enlightening to hear Ibrahim's originals, of which there are six on this out of print LP, being performed by a medium-size band. There is a great deal of beauty to be heard in these rich melodies; if only this highly enjoyable and spiritual set would be reissued on CD.

The great South African pianist, now aged 83, had decided that the show should go on, quite rightly still keen to celebrate the landmark music that he and Masekela made together. The Jazz Epistles’ one and only album, recorded in 1960, had only 500 copies pressed but went onto become perhaps the most important jazz album in South Africa and is still revered to this day. Its rich, innovative music brought together mainstream jazz and South African sounds against a backdrop of the turbulent sociopolitical times, inextricably entwined with the struggles and horrors of apartheid. Music and messages not to be forgotten.

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BAND

Abdullah Ibrahim - Piano

Lance Bryant - Tenor sax

Andrae Murchison - Trombone / trumpet

Marshall McDonald - Baritone sax

Will Terrill - Drums

Noah Jackson - Bass / cello

Cleave E. Guyton - Alto sax / flute / clarinet

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