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Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
Cape Town, South Africa • b. 1934-10-09
Abdullah Ibrahim is credited on 393 releases across 120 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
393
Pressings credited
120
Albums
6
Decades active
18
In collections
Credited work
393 releases · 120 albums · active 1974–2025
- Performance · 926
- Other credits · 45
- Production · 45
Studios: Tonstudio Bauer · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Downtown Sound Studio, New York · Montreux Jazz Festival
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mannenberg ~ 'Is Where It's Happening'
1974
Live At Sweet Basil Vol. 1.
1983
African Marketplace
1980
Africa : 50 Years Of Music (1960/2010 : 50 Ans D'Indépendances)
2010
Same As It Never Was
2008
ZEN CD - A Retrospective
2004
Moon Child
1990
African River
1989
The Mountain
1989
WindSong
1985
African Dawn
1983
Black Lightning
1976
African Space Program
1974
III
2006
The Very Best Of Abdullah Ibrahim
2000
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
1995
Water From An Ancient Well
1986
Frequent collaborators
- Dollar Brand
- Various
- Sathima Bea Benjamin
- Pharoah Sanders
- Dol-lop
- Dwight Trible
- Dollar Brand Quartet
- New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
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