A Celebration

Description

Depuis quelque temps, les producteurs de musique ont compris que les fusions stylistiques d'éléments orientaux, africains et de jazz qui sont le propre de cet artiste sont particulièrement indiquées pour les bandes sonores de films ou les chansons pop et autres groove samples du hip-hop. Depuis l'enregistrement (en 1963) de son Premier Disque, Produit Par Duke Ellington, Abdullah Ibrahim (qui s'est d'abord appelé Dollar Brand) est devenu le premier ambassadeur musical de l'Afrique du Sud et l'un des plus brillants pianistes du monde.
Veteran confirmed of ethno jazz or world jazz, his live-recorded 1995 production Yarona is nonetheless a return to the classic piano trio format. After the extraordinary success of Yarona (Jazz Journal: "A blessing", Jazzthetik *****), Ibrahim creates a surprise with a new trio recording, as dynamic as it is focused, this time recorded in the studio of the legendary Rudy van Gelder. On Cape Town Flowers, a selection of his favorite titles sits alongside brand-new compositions - a document that remarkably illustrates the work of a composer and the virtuosity of this pianist and reveals as much his intuition for ensemble playing as the depth of his musician's soul.
Abdullah Ibrahim has recorded more than twenty productions for Enja Records - solo piano, trio and quintet, jazz orchestra and chamber orchestra, not forgetting African Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra