Artist: 
Abdullah Ibrahim

African Piano

Vinyl
€24,99

Release date: 24 January 2014

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. African Piano was a highly influential album, and it has lost none of its
power.

Format Album
Release Date 2014
Speed 33 RPM
Size 12"

Tracklist

  1. 1. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
  2. 2. Selby That The Eternal Spirit Is The Only Reality
  3. 3. The Moon
  4. 4. Xaba