Voice of Africa [Import]

Abdullah Ibrahim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Camden International
• ASIN: B000024ZKP
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black Lightning

2. Little Boy

3. Black and Brown Cherries

4. Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)

5. Mannenberg

6. The Pilgrim

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The old "Dollar Brand" stuff!, May 12, 2007

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retro steel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voice of Africa (Audio CD)

For those of you grooving to "Cape Town Fringe" back in the 70's, this is the first and only time I'm aware of it's cd release, under it's Euro name of "Mannenberg..." I had been told by a producer from that label that the masters from the "Cape Town Fringe" record were long lost. I can't vouch for the "original masters" tag most of us nut jobs like to see, but in listening to this CD and my original vinyl, it's the same, or at least so close that I couldn't isolate any real differences. The other inclusions on the disk are all worth it in their own way, with that unique swing of the early Ibrahim. Worth multiple purchases just in case you get generous and hand one to a friend after a night of sitting back and grooving.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Triumphant, Transcendant Rapture From Across The Continents, October 29, 2000

By 

L. Wiviott (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voice of Africa (Audio CD)

Abdullah Ibrahim's music and message fly nimbly across cultures with wings on its feet. From the opening, joyously cacophonous strains of "Black Lightening" to the closing serenity of "The Pilgrim", this CD works on every level, pleasing the ears while nourishing the heart and spirit.

Listen to "Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening," and marvel at Mr. Ibrahim's township-meets-baroque harpsichord, in symbiotic call-and-response with Basil Coetzee's breath-defying, melodic sax solos. The effect is pure rapture.

This entire compilation exemplifies the commonalities of spirit and aesthetic that bind all humanity together. Irrespective of race, creed, or color, Mr. Ibrahim's delightfully transcendant hybrid of Ellingtonian piano jazz and African inflected rhythyms remind us that true communication is possible, and music may often be its most faithful messenger.

Recommended highly for music lovers of all persuasions!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long lost, August 6, 2007

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Patrick G. Quinn "Gerry Quinn" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voice of Africa (Audio CD)

Not having listened to Dollar Brand on a friends LP some 25 years ago, it is brilliant to have tracked Abdullah Ibrahim down and with re-visiting the album Voice of Africa, the sounds are as wonderful as I remembered.