May 10, 2022 10:56 AM
Abdullah Ibrahim: The Illusion of Moonlight
It is 2022. The pandemic lingers, yet life is moving forward in unexpected ways.
The necessary move to video…
“I have no concept of what I did before! That’s irrelevant,” Ibrahim said. “I can’t change anything. I can’t change the past, I can’t change the future, I can only deal with what is now.”
May 10, 2022 10:56 AM
It is 2022. The pandemic lingers, yet life is moving forward in unexpected ways.
The necessary move to video…
John Coltrane’s the focus of Chasing Trane.
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You’re at home. We’re at home. Let’s take a break from the coronavirus anxiety that surrounds us and watch a…
Ted Nash revisits Bernstein and Sondheim for Somewhere Else: Songs From West Side Story.
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Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is making plans for the future and looks forward to recording with a pair of orchestras.
Sep 9, 2019 8:17 AM
At this year’s INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria, Abdullah Ibrahim vividly demonstrated the intimacy and cosmic…
Vocalist Anna-Maria Hefele of Supersonus performs at the 25th edition of the INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria.
Jun 12, 2019 9:43 AM
As many of its longtime attendees say, the INNtöne Jazz Festival, now in its 25th year, takes place in the middle of…
Pianist Jason Moran (left), flutist Cleve Guyton, cellist Noah Jackson, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington perform April 15 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.,during the 2019 NEA Jazz Master tribute honoring Stanley Crouch, Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim and Maria Schneider.
May 3, 2019 2:59 PM
On April 15, South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim; the late pianist, singer and songwriter Bob Dorough;…
Maria Schneider is one of four 2019 NEA Jazz Masters.
Mar 4, 2019 11:29 AM
Big band leader Maria Schneider, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, writer Stanley Crouch and the late vocalist-pianist Bob…
