Abdullah Ibrahim Trio

In the organizer's words:

Let's forget the phrase "cutting back" or even the word "retirement": Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa's most influential pianist and composer, turned 90 last year, and around this birthday he could be seen paying homage to his role model and mentor Duke Ellington together with Jason Moran in New York; he could be heard solo in Ravenna or with his trio in Berlin. Together with Cleave Guyton Jr. and Noah Jackson, he now honors Enjoy Jazz, with which he has been closely associated for years. "3" is the title of his most recent, meditative recording with this formation - he gives his two fellow musicians a lot of freedom on it, but his spirit hovers over all the pieces. The trio occasionally transforms into a duo, and when Ibrahim enters or develops melodies and harmonies as a soloist, there is something contemplative about it: the pure essence shines through. His ideas just come, he once said. "You see the road opening up and follow the path." We love to accompany him.