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Piano legend turns 90

Piano legend turns 90

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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