Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s wizard of Cape jazz improvisation.
A refugee from apartheid, he has lived most of his adult life in New York, performing under the stage name Dollar Brand. He took an Islamic name in 1968 and made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
One of the hidden greats.
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Siren Duo (Claire Wickes, flute, and Tomos Xerri, harp) in Middle Temple Library. Debussy, Mozart, David Watkins, Astor Piazzolla, Adina Izarra, Toru Takemitsu, William Alwyn; Siren Duo (Claire Wickes, Tomos Xerri); Temple Music Foundation at […]
I attended the former church last night for a concert by the ‘radical’ Manchester Collective, a string quartet playing works by contemporary British composers. Nothing to frighten the horses, though I was much taken with […]
Grange Park Opera is about to release casting and tickets for the first episode of its Ring cycle. Das Rheingold will run from 14 June to 10 July 2026. Members of the Ring Ring get […]
