Editing Abdullah Ibrahim (section)

== Discography ==
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

=== As leader/co-leader ===
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!Year recorded
!Title
!Label
!Notes
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|1960
|''Jazz Epistle Verse 1''
|Continental
|As [[The Jazz Epistles]]; sextet, with [[Kippie Moeketsi]] (alto sax), [[Jonas Gwangwa]] (trombone), [[Hugh Masekela]] (trumpet), Johnny Gertze (bass), [[Makaya Ntshoko]] (drums)
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|1960
|''Dollar Brand Plays Sphere Jazz''
|Continental
|Trio, with Johnny Gertze (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums)
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|1963
|''Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand Trio''
|Reprise
|Trio, with Johnny Gertze (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums)
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|1965
|''[[Reflections (Abdullah Ibrahim album)|Reflections]]''
|[[Black Lion Records|Black Lion]]
|Solo piano; also released as ''This Is Dollar Brand''
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|1965
|''Round Midnight at the Montmartre''
|[[Black Lion Records|Black Lion]]
|Most tracks trio, with Johnny Gertze (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums); two tracks solo piano
|-
|1965
|''The Dream''
|[[Freedom Records|Freedom]]
|Trio
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|1965
|''Anatomy of a South African Village''
|[[Black Lion Records|Black Lion]]
|Trio, with Johnny Gertze (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums)
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|1968
|''The Dream''
|Jazz Music Yesterday
|Trio, with Johnny Gertze (bass), Makaya Ntshoko (drums)
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|1968
|''Hamba Khale!''
|Togetherness
|With [[Gato Barbieri]]; reissued as ''Confluence''
|-
|1969
|''[[African Sketchbook]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Most tracks solo piano; one track solo flute
|-
|1969
|''[[African Piano]]''{{refn|group=note|An album entitled ''African Piano'' was released by [[Sackville Records|Sackville]]; it is a 1973 recording and contains two tracks from ''Sangoma'' and one from ''African Portraits''.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ancient-africa-mw0000174922 |title=Abdullah Ibrahim – Ancient Africa |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912013655/http://www.allmusic.com/album/ancient-africa-mw0000174922 |archive-date=12 September 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>}}
|[[JAPO Records|JAPO]]
|Solo piano; in concert; released 1973
|-
|1970
|''African Sun''
|Spectator
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|1971
|''Peace''
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|1971
|''Dollar Brand Trio with Kippie Moketsi''
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|1972
|''[[Ancient Africa (album)|Ancient Africa]]''
|[[JAPO Records|JAPO]]
|Mostly solo piano; one part solo flute; in concert; released 1974
|-
|1973
|''[[African Portraits]]''
|[[Sackville Records|Sackville]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1973
|''[[Sangoma (Abdullah Ibrahim album)|Sangoma]]''
|[[Sackville Records|Sackville]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1973
|''[[Memories (Abdullah Ibrahim album)|Memories]]''
|[[Philips Records|Philips]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1973
|''African Space Program''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|With [[Hamiet Bluiett]] (baritone sax), [[Roland Alexander]] (tenor sax, harmonica), [[John Stubblefield]] (tenor sax), [[Sonny Fortune]] and [[Carlos Ward]] (alto sax, flute), [[Cecil Bridgewater]], [[Enrico Rava]] and [[Charles Sullivan (musician)|Charles Sullivan]] (trumpet), Kiani Zawadi (trombone), [[Cecil McBee]] (bass), [[Roy Brooks]] (percussion)
|-
|1973
|''[[Ode to Duke Ellington]]''
|[[West Wind Records|West Wind]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1973
|''[[Good News from Africa]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Duo, with [[Johnny Dyani]] (bass, bells)
|-
|1973
|''Boswell Concert 1973''
|Colomba
|With [[Bea Benjamin]]
|-
|1974
|''African Breeze''
|[[East Wind Records|East Wind]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1974
|''Underground in Africa''
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|1974
|''Mannenberg – "Is Where It's Happening"''
|The Sun
|Quintet with [[Basil Coetzee]] (tenor sax), [[Robbie Jansen]] (alto sax and flute), Paul Michaels (bass), Monty Weber (drums) - Reissued as ''Capetown Fringe'' by [[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]]
|-
|1975
|''African Herbs''
|The Sun
|one track trio, other two septet  - Reissued as ''Soweto'' By [[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]]
|-
|1976
|''[[Banyana – Children of Africa]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Trio with Cecil McBee (bass) & [[Roy Brooks]] (drums); Ibrahim plays soprano sax and sings on one track
|-
|1976
|''Black Lightning''
|[[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]]
|With Basil Mannenberg Coetzee (tenor sax), others
|-
|1977
|''[[The Journey (Abdullah Ibrahim album)|The Journey]]''
|[[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]]
|With [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]] (trumpet), Carlos Ward (alto sax), [[Talib Rhynie]] (alto sax, oboe), Hamiet Blueitt (baritone sax, clarinet), Johnny Dyani (bass), Ed Blackwell and Roy Brooks (drums), [[John Betsch]] and Claude Jones (percussion)
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|1977
|''Streams of Consciousness''
|Baystate
|Duo, with [[Max Roach]] (drums)
|-
|1977
|''African Rhythm''
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|1978
|''Anthem for the New Nations''
|[[Denon Records|Denon]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1978
|''[[Duet (Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand album)|Duet]]''
|[[Denon Records|Denon]]
|Duo, with [[Archie Shepp]] (tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax)
|-
|1978
|''[[Autobiography (Abdullah Ibrahim album)|Autobiography]]''
|Plainisphare
|Solo piano; in concert
|-
|1978
|''Nisa''
|[[African Violets]]
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|1979
|''[[Echoes from Africa]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Duo, with Johnny Dyani (bass)
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|1979
|''African Marketplace''
|Elektra
|With 12-piece band
|-
|1979
|''Africa – Tears and Laughter''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Quartet, with [[Talib Qadr]] (alto sax, soprano sax), Greg Brown (bass), John Betsch (drums); Ibrahim is also on vocals and soprano sax
|-
|1980
|''Dollar Brand at Montreux''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Quintet, with Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute), Craig Harris (trombone), Alonzo Gardener (electric bass), André Strobert (drums); in concert
|-
|1980
|''Matsidiso''
|Pläne
|Solo piano; in concert
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|1980
|''South Africa Sunshine''
|Pläne
|Solo piano; Ibrahim adds vocals on some tracks; in concert
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|1981
|''Duke's Memories''
|Black & Blue
|Quartet, with Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute), Rachim Ausur Sahu (bass), Andre Strobert (drums)
|-
|1982
|''[[African Dawn]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1982
|''[[Jazzbühne Berlin '82]]''
|Repertoire
|Solo piano; in concert
|-
|1983
|''Ekaya''
|[[Ekapa]]
|Septet, with Charles Davis (baritone sax), Ricky Ford (tenor sax), Carlos Ward (alto sax), Dick Griffin (trombone), Cecil McBee (bass), Ben Riley (drums)
|-
|1983
|''Zimbabwe''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Quartet, with Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute), Essiet Okun Essiet (bass), Don Mumford (drums); Ibrahim also plays soprano sax
|-
|1985
|''[[Water from an Ancient Well]]''
|Tiptoe
|Septet, with Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute), Dick Griffin (trombone), Ricky Ford (tenor sax), Charles Davis (baritone sax), David Williams (bass), Ben Riley (drums)
|-
|1986
|''South Africa''
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|With Carlos Ward (alto sax), Essiet Okun Essiet (bass), Don Mumford (drums), Johnny Classens (vocals); in concert
|-
|1988
|''[[Mindif (Abdullah Ibrahim album)|Mindif]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Recorded for the soundtrack to the film ''Chocolat''
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|1989
|''[[African River]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|With John Stubblefield (tenor sax, flute), [[Horace Alexander Young]] (alto sax, soprano sax, piccolo), Howard Johnson (tuba, baritone sax, trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Buster Williams (bass), Brian Abrahams (drums)
|-
|1990
|''No Fear, No Die''
|[[Enja]]
|Film soundtrack
|-
|1991
|''Mantra Mode''
|[[Enja]]
|Septet, with Robbie Jansen (alto sax, baritone sax, flute), Basil Coetzee (tenor sax), Johnny Mekoa (trumpet), Errol Dyers (guitar), Spencer Mbadu (bass), Monty Webber (drums)
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|1991
|''Desert Flowers''
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|Solo piano
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|1993
|''[[Knysna Blue]]''
|Tiptoe
|Solo piano and other instruments
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|1995
|''Yarona''
|Tiptoe
|Trio, with [[Marcus McLaurine]] (bass), George Johnson (drums)
|-
|1997
|''Cape Town Flowers''
|Tiptoe
|Trio, with Marcus McLaurine (bass), George Gray (drums)
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|1997
|''Cape Town Revisited''
|Tiptoe/Enja
|Quartet, with Feya Faku (trumpet), Marcus McLaurine (bass), George Gray (drums)
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|1997
|''African Suite''
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|With [[Belden Bullock]] (bass), George Gray (drums), strings
|-
|1998
|''African Symphony''
|[[Enja]]
|With orchestra
|-
|1998
|''Township One More Time''
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|Septet
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|1998
|''Voice of Africa''
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|2000
|''Ekapa Lodumo''
|Tiptoe
|With the NDR Big Band; in concert
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|2001
|''African Magic''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Trio, with Belden Bullock (bass), Sipho Kunene (drums); in concert
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|2008
|''[[Senzo]]''
|[[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]]
|Solo piano
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|2008
|''Bombella''
|[[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]]
|With the WDR Big Band; in concert
|-
|2010
|''Sotho Blue''
|[[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]]
|With Jason Marshall (baritone sax), Keith Loftis (tenor sax), Cleave Guyton (alto sax, flute), Andrae Murchison (trombone), Belden Bullock (bass), George Gray (drums)
|-
|2012–13
|''Mukashi: Once Upon a Time''
|[[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]]
|Quartet, with Cleave Guyton (saxophone, flute, clarinet), Eugen Bazijan and Scott Roller (cello); Ibrahim is also on vocals and flute
|-
|2014
|''[[The Song Is My Story]]''
|Intuition/[[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]]
|Most tracks solo piano; two tracks saxophone
|-
|2019
|''The Balance''
|Gearbox
|With Ekaya (Noah Jackson, Alec Dankworth, Will Terrill, Adam Glasser, Cleave Guyton Jr., Lance Bryant, Andrae Murchison, Marshall McDonald)
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|2019
|''Dream Time''
|Enja 
|Solo piano; in concert
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|2020
|''Solotude''
|Gearbox 
|Solo piano
|-
|2023
|''3''
|Gearbox
|Trio; volume 2 in concert 
|}

===Compilations===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year recorded
!Title
!Label
!Notes
|-
|1973
|''African Piano''
|Sackville
|Solo piano; two tracks from ''Sangoma''; one from ''African Portraits''; this is a different album from the [[African Piano|1969 recording of the same name]]
|-
|1973
|''Fats, Duke and the Monk''
|Sackville
|Solo piano; one track from ''Sangoma''; one track from ''African Portraits''; one track previously unissued
|-
|1983–85
|''The Mountain''
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|Septets; complies tracks from ''Ekaya'' and ''Water from an Ancient Well''
|-
|1988*
|''[[Blues for a Hip King]]''
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|1973–97
|''A Celebration''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Released 2005
|-
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|''Re:Brahim: Abdullah Ibrahim Remixed''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|Remixes of Ibrahim performances; released 2005
|}

=== As sideman ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
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!Year recorded
!Leader
!Title
!Label
|-
|1966
|{{sortname|Elvin|Jones}}
|''[[Midnight Walk]]''
|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
|-
|1976
|{{sortname|Sathima Bea|Benjamin}}
|''African Songbird''
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|-
|1977
|{{sortname|Buddy|Tate}}
|''[[Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand]]''
|[[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]]
|}