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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The Eva Marton singing competition in Budapest was won this weekend by a Korean tenor, Jihoon Park, 33. It was not without incident. Our man on the spot reports: In his semi-final Jihoon Park sang […]
Terrific new work by local composer Will Healy. You see/hear it first here. The post A Toccata falls in Brooklyn appeared first on Slippedisc.
Colleagues are mourning the Georgian composer Marianna Tscharkwiani, who lived for a while in Vienna and has died after a prolonged struggle with cancer. Originally immersed in Stockhausen and electronic music, she became a compelling […]
