From the album African Songbird (JAZZ) 2013 SATHIMA BEA BENJAMIN - vocal; DOLLAR BRAND - piano; ABDULLAH IBRAHIM - piano; LOUIS SPEARS - bass; BASIL MOSES - bass; LIONEL BEUKES - bass; DOUG SYDES - drums; MONTY WEBER - drums; BILLY BROOKS - trumpet; BASIL COETZEE - tenor sax, flute.

African Songbird by Sathima Bea Benjamin, released 01 June 2013 1. Africa 2. Music 3. African Songbird Sathima's 1976 masterpiece, finally re-issued. Singer and songwriter Benjamin, btw, was the wife of and musical collaborator with Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), friends with Duke Ellington, and mother of hip-hop genius Jean Grae. mastakaspa Outstanding music, definitely too short - every piece is a masterpiece.

Dollar Brand) Bea Benjamin. Listen on Apple Music. 3. African Songbird (feat. Released: 1 Jan 1974.

Music (Bea Benjamin) - 8:54 03. African Songbird (Bea Benjamin) - 5:13. Sathima Bea Benjamin - vocals Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) - piano Louis Spears, Basil Moses, Lionel Beukes - bass Doug Sydes, Monty Weber - drums Billy Brooks - trumpet Basil Coetzee - tenor saxophone, flute. Reports of the death of vinyl were greatly exaggerated. Finally, in 1976, her first album was released.

Sathima Bea Benjamin currently lives in Cape Town. She continues to perform the material that she first recorded for this disc. A crucial piece of South African and global jazz history, African Songbird is courageous, revelatory music, and Sathima’s unique voice is the bearer of its message. It’s easy to see why Ellington was convinced

Home Jazz . Matsuli. Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand. African Songbird (reissue). 2. "African Songbird" (5:12). Shop more: Jazz Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand Matsuli. Played by. Mukatsuku Records Chart.

Originally released in 1976, African Songbird was a debut long overdue. The splendid vinyl reissue of African Songbird opens with a cavernous, spacious, enormous sound, Bea Benjamin’s voice is introduced by Dollar Brand’s plangent, lingering electric keyboards before the ensemble joins in like rolling thunder.

Dollar Brand: все альбомы, включая Dollar Brand: Plays Sphere Jazz Sphere Jazz+The Jazz Epistles, Dollar Brand Plays Sphere Jazz + Jazz Epistle - Verse 1, African Space Program и другие. Bea Benjamin, Dollar Brand. Great Masters of Jazz 2. Various artists. World of Jazz - Jazz Piano.

Dollar Brand - African Herbs (Album). Bea Benjamin With Dollar Brand - African Songbird (Album).

Dollar Brand: South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles. Ibrahim is considered the leading figure in the subgenre of Cape jazz. Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. He is known especially for "Mannenberg", a jazz piece that became a notable anti-apartheid anthem