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Abdullah Ibrahim - African Magic

Posted By: Garina
Abdullah Ibrahim - African Magic

Abdullah Ibrahim - African Magic
Flac | 272 MB | Rec 2001 | Label: Enja | CD 2003
Recorded live on July 13, 2001 at Haus der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany

African Magic is a sweeping 24-part suite recorded live at the 11th and final Jazz Across the Border Festival in Germany in 2001 by the Abdullah Ibrahim Trio. Ibrahim's trio features acoustic bassist Belden Bullock and drummer Sipho Kunene distilling the melodic sounds of South Africa into a personal improvisation of jazz, religious, and traditional world music coupled with European classical and chamber music influences. Recurring cubistic style fragments of Ibrahim's multi-themed tone poem "Blue Bolero" are sequenced throughout this enchanting program and encourage listeners to participate in the invigorating rhythms that are abstract yet romantic. African Magic, which was inspired by nature, Duke Ellington, and Africa's Diaspora, also features "Duke 88," a 16-second sampling of "Solitude," and "In a Sentimental Mood" in recognition of Ellington's outstanding talent as a songwriter whose jazz standards have left enough room for reinterpretation by artists from around the world. Ibrahim's six-minute tribute to John Coltrane also epitomizes the depth of Ibrahim's talents as a composer and attests to his cubistic style of deconstructing and reconstructing, which he has also lent to such film scores as those for Chocolat and No Fear No Die. Overall, African Magic cannot be compared to any of Ibrahim's previous concerts. However, it deftly captures the emotion, exploration, and exciting impulses generated from the stage that evening. All Music Guide


Personnel:

Abdullah Ibrahim - piano
Belden Bullocmk - bass
Sipho Kunene - drums



Track Listing:

1.Blue Bolero (fragment 1)
2.Third Line Samba
3.Blue Bolero (fragment 2)
4. Blues For A Hip King
5.District Six
6.Tuang Guru
7.Blue Bolero (fragment 3)
8.Joan-Capetown Flower
9.Pule (Rain)
10.The Stride
11.Thaba Bosigo
12.The Mountain
13.Machopi / Jabulani
14.Black Lightning
15.Duke 88
16.Solitude
17.Eleventh Hour
18.Blue Bolero (fragment 4)
19.In a Sentimental Mood
20.Moten Swing
21.For Coltrane
22.Whoza Mtwana
23.Tsakwe / Royal Blue
24.Blue Bolero