The latest album from the 84-year-old South African composer and pianist showcases his work as a master composer of melodic mood pieces. This is FRESH AIR. Earlier this year, South African composer ...

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 ...

It is interesting that the late Cape Town-born pianist and composer Dollar Brand renamed himself Abdullah Ibrahim when he embraced Islam in 1968. Ibrahim was baptised Adolph Johannes Brand. His ...

What do we say to this? What language exists to say it with? What words will ever be adequate? Let’s start with the basic, most commonplace: may he rest with the Sanusis, seers and angels. “Sensei” ...