Abdullah Ibrahim, who has died aged 91, was a giant of jazz who was indelibly associated with his people’s struggle against ...

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world ...

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

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG: Globally celebrated South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim, who performed at Nelson Mandela’s 1994 presidential inauguration, has died at age 91, his family announced in a statement ...

He was called Sentso, Adolph, Dollar, then Abdullah. Nelson Mandela called him ‘our Mozart’. Whatever the name, the music behind it never stopped reaching back towards the scarred but sacred hearts ...

Abdullah Ibrahim's discography goes back sixty years, and although there are longer periods between his releases than there used to be, Ibrahim has retained all his grit and jubilance. The pianist and ...

Ibrahim died peacefully in Germany surrounded by family, leaving a legacy that carried SA's spirit to global audiences for generations.

This is not a conventional obituary, but a memoir of devotion – to the legendary South African pianist, the long-ago politics of youth and the music that helped make sense of becoming an adult.

Now entering his eighth decade, Abdullah Ibrahim has long ago established himself as a true master of jazz—whether in New York, London, Cape Town, or beyond. The pianist has accomplished two very ...

Blessed is the artist who has reached the zenith of his craft, and endured to reap the rewards, becoming the wise elder reflecting upon a lifetime of creative accomplishment. Having left an impressive ...

Jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim has died at 91, leaving behind a powerful legacy as a pianist, composer and anti-apartheid cultural pioneer. Pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, who died Monday aged 91, ...