Jan 25, 2024 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 “It’s a pensive, meditative, spiritual kind of listening, that, like the concert, demands concentrated listening.” | Read More at Making a...
Jan 22, 2024 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
10 Albums You Need to Know: January 2024 “The new album is spread out across two performances, the first without and the second with an audience, and includes new compositions, improvisations and renditions of favorites from his catalogue performed in a unique...
Apr 11, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Jazzmatters: Best New Jazz and Creative Music, April 2022 “Keenly melodic and typically channeling a form of homegrown simplicity, it still seems of a piece with Taylor and Denk because it takes very seriously the importance of the sound of a musician’s fingers...
Mar 9, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
Abdullah Ibrahim: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert “And for 13 short minutes, I feel seated in Abdullah Ibrahim’s home in Chiemgau, Germany, witnessing seven decades of experience slowly dripping from his fingers and touching my soul.” | Read More at...
Feb 1, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, Paste
Paste highlights Solotude by Abdullah Ibrahim “As heard on this lovely vinyl release, the mood of the space lent notes of wistfulness and fortitude to his playing.” | Read More at...
Jan 7, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude: 4* Read More...
Dec 30, 2021 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
A review of the pianist’s solo album that replaced his annual birthday recital in fall of 2020 “When it comes to stately beauty, it’s damn near impossible to surpass an Abdullah Ibrahim solo piano set.” | Read More at...
Nov 10, 2021 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Abdullah Ibrahim’s dream of a rank outsider at the races teaches the South African pianist to always back himself Read More...
Nov 1, 2021 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Weekly Music Roundup: Abdullah Ibrahim “Now, the 87-year old pianist has put out a solo record, called Solotude, an almost meditative recording where he moves freely between some of his earlier works.” | Read More at...
Sep 13, 2021 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, Jazziz
Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude (Gearbox) “The piano legend’s solo performance perfectly lends itself to the venue’s renowned acoustics. Solotude is due out November 13 on Gearbox and you can pre-order it here.” | Read More at...
Jan 14, 2020 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll: The Fringe Fills the Gap “Sublime…for Ibrahim, rather than cities and natural wonders spotted on world tours, the places are remembered ones from his youth to which he was forbidden to return for all those years. His...
Aug 6, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
Ibrahim Is Deeply Rooted Yet Sounds Like No One Else “The latest album from the 84-year-old South African composer and pianist showcases his work as a master composer of melodic mood pieces.” | Read More at...
Jul 31, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, New York Times
A Lifetime of Dreams and Resistance at the Piano “The South African musician formed the Jazz Epistles and got a boost from Duke Ellington. Now 84, he is a Jazz Master and still a vital force onstage.” | Read More at...
Jun 24, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, Wall Street Journal
A Jazz Master Continues to Grow “On his first album in five years, the pianist finds yet more surprising pleasures in his signature blend of South African music and American jazz.” | Read More at...
