Abdullah Ibrahim, who has died aged 91, was a giant of jazz who was indelibly associated with his people’s struggle against ...

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world ...

He was called Sentso, Adolph, Dollar, then Abdullah. Nelson Mandela called him ‘our Mozart’. Whatever the name, the music behind it never stopped reaching back towards the scarred but sacred hearts ...

JOHANNESBURG: Globally celebrated South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim, who performed at Nelson Mandela’s 1994 presidential inauguration, has died at age 91, his family announced in a statement ...

The passing of Abdullah Ibrahim marks the close of an extraordinary artistic journey. His music, his spirit, and his final wishes give this farewell a profound and lasting significance.

Adolph Johannes Brand was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. He would become better known as Dollar Brand and then Abdullah Ibrahim, an artist of mixed ethnic descent who personified the city’s ...

The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illness ...

The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career ...

CAPE TOWN - Pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, who died Monday aged 91, escaped apartheid-era South Africa to be discovered by jazz great Duke Ellington, becoming highly influential with a ...

This is not a conventional obituary, but a memoir of devotion – to the legendary South African pianist, the long-ago politics ...

The reissued album features the sound of the South African musician once known as Dollar Brand. Critic Kevin Whitehead says: "When Abdullah got a-rumbling, his piano was like a force of nature." This ...