Name: Solotude
Brand: Abdullah Ibrahim

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GB1575CD

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Replica Mini LP-Style Sleeve CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-01-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5060708610869

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

GB1575CDOBI

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Extended format: Yes

Japanese OBI Edition.

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2022-10-07

4571524500483

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1 / CD / Extended format: Yes / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

GB1575

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black

5060708610852

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Abdullah Ibrahim

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Gearbox

<i>Solotude</i> is the new solo piano album by the South African piano maestro Abdullah Ibrahim. It was recorded on Ibrahim's birthday in October 2021, at the Hirzinger hall in Riedering where he would traditionally hold his birthday concert. The hall, famed in Germany for its acoustic, lends itself perfectly to the mood of the album, which is at once warm, timeless, and solitary. The music spans timeless classics including Blues for a Hip King and The Wedding, seldom recorded pieces such as Tokai, as well as new themes Once Upon A Midnight, In The Evening, and Signal On A Hill. The enduring purity and honesty of Ibrahim's touch and the emotive simplicity of his writing demonstrates that even in the dark, hope shines through. At 86, and even through a pandemic, the ever-active and imaginative Ibrahim shows no signs of stopping. 

Solotude

Music GB