Brand Recognition

Abdullah Ibrahim - Banyana

I can barely stand because leg pain, but here I am to rejoinder yesterday's Bloodfeast with some top drawer Spiritual Jazz soundings.

Today's honorary superhero, like Blood Ulmer, left our world behind in June, after a long career bringing the music of his native South Africa to the wider world.

One of the primary SA artists responsible for exposing the horrors of the Apartheid regime to the world, his extensive touring, for decades, did much to bring his home country out of barbaric exploitation and into the modern era of alleged equality.

I've loved his music since college, which for me is like, the 18th Century or something. Way back there, when my sex drive actually functioned above the level of a lump of wet clay.

Anyway he was born Dollar Brand, and he would have been 92 today, had he not been dead for 4 months. It's weird how that works. But please don't say we "lost" him. We know where he is, he just isn't moving.

Anyway I worked on this absolutely exquisite 1980 concert of his from Switzerland, which is as representative of his artistry as any I have heard, so to celebrate this warrior let's fire up this two hours of pure Spiritual Jazz power, do you wanna?

Come on, you know you wanna. So here's something worth way more than a Dollar, and whaddaya know? It's right on Brand.

Abdullah Ibrahim

Stadttheater

Basel, Switzerland

12.3.1980

01 Ishmael

02 The Perfumed Forest Wet with Rain

03 Medley

04 The Homecoming Song I

05 The Homecoming Song II

06 Banyana

07 Medley

08 The Wedding

09 Adhan & Allah-o-Akbar

Total time: 1:56:50

dsic break goes after Track 04

Abdullah Ibrahim - piano, soprano saxophone & vocals

Craig Harris - trombone

Carlos Ward - alto saxophone & flute

Alonzo Gardner - bass

Andre Strobert - drums

FM capture of unknown origin

spectral analysis is lossless to 18 kHz

edited, further denoised & remastered by EN, October 2026
689 MB FLAC/direct link

I'm kinda messed up physically, so I might not be back until I can stand up properly again. But don't let that stop you from paying proper homage to this towering teacher and musical figure, born this day in 1934!--J.

10.9.1934 - 6.15.2026