Cat No:
3743552
Release Date: 27 January 2014
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602537435524
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
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Description
African Piano was a highly influential album, and it has lost none of its power - as can be heard on this CD reissue and new 180g vinyl album. Both versions are released for the first time under the name Abdullah Ibrahim instead of the pianist's original 'Dollar Brand' sobriquet.
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.
At the beginning of 2014, ECM issues seven important recordings from its back catalogue, all in 180g vinyl and CD, most of which have been out of stock for many years. For both CD and LP versions, the original analog recordings are issued in deluxe cardboard sleeves.
Personnel: Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
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Tracklisting
- 1. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
- 2. Selby That The Eternal Spirit Is The Only Reality
- 3. The Moon
- 4. Xaba
- 5. Sunset In The Blue
- 6. Kippy
- 7. Jabulani - Easter Joy
- 8. Tintiyana
Disc 1
Side 1
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Wolfgang Muthspiel; Scott Colley; Brian Blade: TOKYO
Wolfgang Muthspiel; Scott Colley; Brian Blade
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Dobrinka Tabakova: Sun Triptych
Maxim Rysanov; Dasol Kim; Roman Mints; Kristina Blaumane; BBC Concert Orchestra; Dobrinka Tabakova
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John Taylor; Marc Johnson; Joey Baron: Tramonto
John Taylor; Marc Johnson; Joey Baron
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Arvo Part: And I heard a voice
Vox Clamantis; Ene Salumae; Jaan-Eik Tulve
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Rolf Lislevand: Libro primo
Rolf Lislevand
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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian: At the Dee...
Keith Jarrett; Gary Peacock; Paul Motian
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Signum Quartett: A Dark Flaring (Works for String Qu...
Signum Quartett
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Mette Henriette: Drifting
Mette Henriette
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Abdullah Ibrahim
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The Balance
Abdullah Ibrahim
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Solotude
Abdullah Ibrahim
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Dream Time
Abdullah Ibrahim
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No Fear, No Die (S'en Fout La Mort)
Abdullah Ibrahim
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Good News From Africa
Abdullah Ibrahim
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The Song is My Story
Abdullah Ibrahim
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