Recorded on January 27, 1976
Originally released as Dollar Brand - The Children of Africa.
This outstanding trio set is one of Ibrahim's most exciting recordings from the decade. McBee and Brooks are wonderfully sympathetic partners.
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If you would like to hear Ibrahim in an ensemble setting, l would recommend two examples of Ibrahim's Cape Jazz, African Marketplace (Elektra, rec. 1979; rel. 1980) and Voice of Africa (Camden/Kaz, UK, 1998). The latter is a compilation of recordings that Ibrahim made in South Africa with South African musicians; it includes the entire album Mannenberg: 'Is Where It's Happening' (1974). This album was so influential in South Africa that the on the tenor saxophonist on the album, Basil Coetzee, was subsequently referred to as Basil "Mannenberg" Coetzee.
If you would like to hear Ibrahim as a soloist, I strongly recommend his 1973 recording Ode to Duke Ellington (Philips Japan, Inner City, West Wind). It's an extraordinary and personal tribute.
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