3 Abdullah Ibrahim SKU: GB1591 Barcode: 4571524500650 36.00 £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox Released Date: 26th January 2024 Buying Format: 3LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Legendary South African composer and pianistAbdullah Ibrahim announces new album “3” out 26th Jan via 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 Artist Abdullah Ibrahim Genre Jazz Label Gearbox Buying Options 3LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 3LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings Barakat Tsakwe Krotoa - Crystal Clear Maraba Ishmael Mindif In a Sentimental Mood Giant Steps Reprise 1 Water from an Ancient Well Nisa The Wedding Tuang Guru Reprise 2 Dreamtime Skippy Blue Bolero Mindif Trance-mission Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Abdullah Ibrahim and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Abdullah Ibrahim Solotude Jazz | Gearbox | 1LP Released 14th January 2022 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Abdullah Ibrahim Solotude £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1575 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th January 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Abdullah Ibrahim The Balance Jazz | Gearbox | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd April 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Abdullah Ibrahim The Balance £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1554OBI Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ray Charles The Great Ray Charles (Atlantic 75 Series) (SACD) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | SACD Released 25th December 2025 £45.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Ray Charles The Great Ray Charles (Atlantic 75 Series) (SACD) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: CAPA 047 SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 25th December 2025 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Madeleine Peyroux Anthem Jazz | Universal Music | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th August 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Madeleine Peyroux Anthem £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal Music SKU: 6765063 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Booker Ervin The Book Cooks Jazz | BMG Rights Management | 180g, 1LP Released 10th December 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Booker Ervin The Book Cooks £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538681697 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Doug Watkins Watkins At Large (Tone Poet) Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP Released 7th June 2024 £36.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Doug Watkins Watkins At Large (Tone Poet) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 4832179 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Jelly Roll Morton Plays Jelly Roll Jazz | Olympic Records | 1LP Released 4th April 2022 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Jelly Roll Morton Plays Jelly Roll £5.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Olympic Records SKU: nn240016 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th April 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Presents (2022 – Remaster) Jazz | BMG USA - Bethlehem Records | 180g, 1LP Released 20th January 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Presents (2022 – Remaster) £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG USA - Bethlehem Records SKU: 4050538816174 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alphonse Mouzon By All Means Jazz | MPS | 1LP Released 4th March 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alphonse Mouzon By All Means £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: MPS SKU: 0215722MSW Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Oscar Peterson Exclusively For My Friends Jazz | MPS Edel | 6LP, Box Set Released 6th November 2015 £126.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Oscar Peterson Exclusively For My Friends £126.00 Genre: Jazz Label: MPS Edel SKU: 0209478MSW Formats: 6LP, Box Set Released Date: 6th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Evans You Must Believe In Spring Jazz | Craft Recordings | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 25th June 2022 £43.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Bill Evans You Must Believe In Spring £43.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 7226254 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 25th June 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Ralph Alessi Quartet It’s Always Now Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 2nd June 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ralph Alessi Quartet It’s Always Now £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5509089 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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