African Piano

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Release Date: 27th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: 3743552
Label: ECM
Length: 38 minutes

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Ibrahim: Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro

Work length11:11

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: Selby That The Eternal Spirit Is The Only Reality

Work length2:23

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: The Moon

Work length8:07

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: Xaba

Work length0:40

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: Sunset In Blue

Work length4:25

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: Kippy

Work length5:05

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: Jabulani - Easter Joy

Work length2:06

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Ibrahim: Tintiyana

Work length4:45

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Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)
Recorded: 1969-10-22
Recording Venue: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

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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.

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