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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Kim Noltemy started work yesterday as president and CEO of the troubled Los Angeles Philharmonic. She is the fourth to take the helm since Deborah Borda left in 2017 and the working atmosphere has darkened […]
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The Cleveland Orchestra today published its results for year ending June 30, 2024. Both total revenues and total expenses stood at $66 million, up 7.7 percent on 2022-23. The Orchestra’s endowment increased by $29 million […]
