Editing Abdullah Ibrahim (section)

{{short description|South African pianist and composer (born 1934)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Abdullah Ibrahim
| image           = Abdullah Ibrahim 06N4688.jpg
| caption         = Ibrahim performing at the 2011 [[Moers Festival]]
| birth_name      = Adolph Johannes Brand
| alias           = Dollar Brand
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1934|10|9|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Cape Town]], South Africa
| genre           = [[South African jazz]], [[bebop]], [[post-bop]], [[Folk music|folk]]
| occupation      = Musician, composer, bandleader
| instrument      = Piano, saxophone, cello
| years_active    = 1955–present
| label           =
| associated_acts = [[Sathima Bea Benjamin]], [[Jean Grae]]
| website         = [https://abdullahibrahim.co.za abdullahibrahim.co.za]
}}
'''Abdullah Ibrahim''' (born '''Adolph Johannes Brand''' on 9 October 1934), previously known as '''Dollar Brand''', is a 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 music|gospel]] of the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|AME Church]] and [[Raga]]s, 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 [[Music in the movement against apartheid|anti-apartheid anthem]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schumann|first=Anne|title=The Beat that Beat Apartheid: The Role of Music in the Resistance against Apartheid in South Africa|journal=Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien|volume=14|issue=8|year=2008|url=https://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Artikel/Nummer14/Nr14_Schumann.pdf|access-date=24 October 2016|pages=26–30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809221217/http://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Artikel/Nummer14/Nr14_Schumann.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

During the [[apartheid]] era in the 1960s, Ibrahim moved to New York City and, apart from a brief return to South Africa in the 1970s, remained in exile until the early 1990s. Over the decades, he has toured the world extensively, appearing at major venues either as a solo artist or playing with other renowned musicians, including [[Max Roach]], [[Carlos Ward]] and [[Randy Weston]], as well as collaborating with classical orchestras in Europe.<ref name=Biography />

With his wife, the jazz singer [[Sathima Bea Benjamin]], Ibrahim is father to two children, including the New York underground rapper [[Jean Grae]].