This is not a conventional obituary, but a memoir of devotion – to the legendary South African pianist, the long-ago politics ...

Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African jazz pianist deemed his country's equivalent to Mozart by Nelson Mandela, died Monday in his adopted home of Germany after a short illness. He was 91 years old.

Adolph Johannes Brand was born on October 9, 1934, in Cape Town, South Africa. He would become better known as Dollar Brand and then Abdullah Ibrahim, an artist of mixed ethnic descent who personified ...

South Africa arguably offers the headiest jazz brew found beyond the borders of the U.S. And since the 2018 death of trumpeter Hugh Masekela, the undisputed elder statesman of the nation's jazz has ...

Abdullah Ibrahim onstage at the 15th anniversary of the Joy of Jazz festival on 22 August 2013 in Newtown, Johannesburg. (Photo: Veli Nhlapo / Gallo Images / Sowetan) Abdullah Ibrahim at Pretoria's ...

Abdullah Ibrahim layered American jazz and spirituals on top of the rhythms and melodies of southern Africa to create a musical voice that challenged the brutality of his country's white supremacist ...

The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career as a jazz pianist was gradually established and he laid the foundations for ...

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world The pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, who has died aged 91, was among the first musicians from South Africa ...