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Abdullah Ibrahim - 3 (2024)

Posted By: delpotro
Date: 25 Jan 2024 11:07:37
Abdullah Ibrahim - 3 (2024)

Abdullah Ibrahim - 3 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 515 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 269 Mb | 01:56:22
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Modern Creative | Label: Gearbox Records

Taken from his summer 2023 sold-out headline date at London's Barbican Centre, the new album "3" follows suit and is spread across two performances - the first is recorded without an audience recorded ahead of the concert straight to analogue on a 1" Scully tape machine, which had previously been used by Elvis at the famous Memphis-based Sun Studios. The second recording is taken from the evening's performance itself with Ibrahim performing in a unique trio which includes Cleave Guyton (flute, piccolo, saxophone) who has performed alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, and Joe Henderson, as well as lauded bassist and cellist Noah Jackson, both of which are members of Ekaya and featured on Ibrahim's top 3 Billboard Jazz album "The Balance".

The recordings feature a number of special new tracks and moving arrangements influenced by the music of Ibrahim's upbringing (gospel and jive, American jazz and classical music, sacred and secular), and arrangements of tracks by his friends and heroes such as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, all interwoven by his fluidic and ebullient playing style. The recording also features spellbinding vocal performances from Ibrahim creating a powerful, pin-drop moment with heartbreaking songs about the pain of slavery sung in both an indigenous language and English. The whole thing is accentuated by the lack of percussion which highlights both the more poignant moments as well as the more energetic moments.

Abdullah Ibrahim (who has also recorded as Dollar Brand) is one of South Africa's most famous musicians. Born under the apartheid regime, where jazz music was seen as an act of resistance, his music is often referred to as representing freedom. His major anti-apartheid anthem "Mannenberg" (released as "Capetown Fringe" in the US) has come to be regarded as an unofficial national anthem in South Africa, and he even performed at Nelson Mandela's inauguration, where Mandela referred to him as "our Mozart". He's played with everyone from Duke Ellington to Max Roach, John Coltrane to Ornette Coleman, and is the father of underground rapper Jean Grae.

Abdullah Ibrahim was also recently awarded "The Order of the Rising Sun" by Japan's government - one of the country's top honours. Abdullah was one of several foreign recipients of the 2020 Spring Imperial awards conferred by His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan. The award was being given to Abdullah in recognition of his lifetime achievement in emancipating the people of South Africa and the world through his music, as well as his contribution to Japan-South African friendship through his works, performances and profound understanding of Japanese culture and spirituality.

This is something that is exemplified perfectly in Ibrahim's ongoing project at his 800-hectare farm in the Green Kalahari. The project engages the local community and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, focusing on music, movement, medicine, meditation and Satoyama-biodiversity - the Japanese cosmology of conservation and creating a harmonious co-existence between humans and nature.

Recently speaking toArts24, Ibrahim says, "The idea is that we incorporate all of this. I call it Satoyama Africa which is this biodiversity with music, astrophysics, and farm produce. For young people, the idea is to come there and engage in this. And for young musicians for example, composing in this dynamic. We have the ancient earth, and we have our sights beyond the milky way."

This release is comprised of:
Volume 1 - Direct to Tape
Volume 2 - Live at The Barbican Parts 1 & 2
Tracklist:
CD1
01 - Barakat.flac
02 - Tsakwe.flac
03 - Krotoa - Crystal Clear.flac
04 - Maraba.flac
05 - Ishmael.flac
06 - Mindif.flac

CD2
01 - In a Sentimental Mood (Live).flac
02 - Giant Steps (Live).flac
03 - Reprise 1 (Live).flac
04 - Water from an Ancient Well (Live).flac
05 - Nisa (Live).flac
06 - The Wedding (Live).flac
07 - Tuang Guru (Live).flac
08 - Reprise 2 (Live).flac
09 - Dreamtime (Live).flac
10 - Skippy (Live).flac
11 - Blue Bolero (Live).flac
12 - Mindif (Live).flac
13 - Trance-Mission (Live).flac
14 - Mindif (Single Edit).flac
15 - Water from an Ancient Well (Single Edit).flac

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FILE: 01 - In a Sentimental Mood (Live).flac
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