Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, & Dafnis Prieto • Fifteen
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“Sometimes, the highlight of an Ibrahim concert was less the dazzle of his technique…as much it was the qualities of some of his originals and playing; there was a ruminative quality that could turn a concert hall into an intimate setting and a nightclub into a living room”
The Blue Notes preceded Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath. The latter formed after they all left South Africa during apartheid.
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Abdullah Ibrahim & Chris McGregor @ New Brighton Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1971
The two key South African pianists of the 20th Century
📸 Ian Bruce Huntley
Norah Jones is Playing Along with Ron Carter & Bill Frisell
The story of the Jazz Epistles and the Blue Notes should be in every general history book written about jazz. Musicians who were put at great risk to play this music.
The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.
When they arrived in Europe in the early 1960s, South African jazz outfit the Blue Notes revolutionised the London scene. Half a century later, their music is coming home in several new projects.
Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, two of the biggest stars to emerge from South Africa, achieved success independently. But the two are cosmically linked by a single 1960 recording session.
