Grade List: Abdullah Ibrahim

  1. Dollar Brand: Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand Trio (1963 [1997], Reprise Archives) B+(**)
  2. Dollar Brand: Cape Town Fringe (1965 [1977], Chiaroscuro) B
  3. Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano (1969 [1973], Japo) B+(***)
  4. Abdullah Ibrahim [Don Cherry, Carlos Ward]: The Third World-Underground (1972 [2026], Wewantsounds) B+(**)
  5. Abdullah Ibrahim: Ancient Africa (1973 [2017], Delmark/Sackville) B+(**)
  6. Abdullah Ibrahim: Good News from Africa (1973, Enja)
  7. Dollar Brand: Ode to Duke Ellington (1973 [1978], Inner City) B+
  8. Abdullah Ibrahim: Sangoma (1973, Sackville)
  9. Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim Orchestra: African Space Program (1973 [1974], 2013), Enja) B
  10. Abdullah Ibrahim: Banyana: The Children of Africa (1976, Enja) B
  11. Abdullah Ibrahim: Voice of Africa (1976 [1988], Kaz) A
  12. Abdullah Ibrahim: Autobiography (1978, Elephant)
  13. Abdullah Ibrahim: African Sun (1971, Kaz)
  14. Abdullah Ibrahim: Tintinyana (1971-1979 [1988], Kaz) A-
  15. Abdullah Ibrahim: Blues for a Hip King (1974-1979 [1988], Kaz) B+
  16. Abdullah Ibrahim [Johnny Dyani]: Echoes From Africa (1979 [1987], Enja) B+(**)
  17. Abdullah Ibrahim: African Marketplace (1979, Discovery) A-
  18. Abdullah Ibrahim: Montreux '80 (1980, Enja)
  19. Abdullah Ibrahim: Duke's Memories (1981, String)
  20. Abdullah Ibrahim: African Dawn (1982, Enja) B+(**)
  21. Abdullah Ibrahim [Carlos Ward]: Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 1 (1983 [1986], Ekapa) B+
  22. Abdullah Ibrahim: Ekaya (1983 [1986], Ekapa) A
  23. Abdullah Ibrahim: Water From an Ancient Well (1985 [1986], Tiptoe) A-
  24. Abdullah Ibrahim: The Mountain (1985, Camden)
  25. Abdullah Ibrahim [Ekaya]: African River (1989, Enja) B+(***)
  26. Abdullah Ibrahim: Best of Abdullah Ibrahim (1976, Masingita)
  27. Abdullah Ibrahim: No Fear, No Die / S'en fout la mort (1993, Tiptoe) A-
  28. Abdullah Ibrahim: Knysna Blue (1993, Tiptoe) B
  29. Abdullah Ibrahim: Yarona (1995, Tiptoe) A-
  30. Abdullah Ibrahim: Cape Town Flowers (1997, Tiptoe) B+(**)
  31. Abdullah Ibrahim: African Suite (1997, Enja/Tiptoe)
  32. Abdullah Ibrahim: Cape Town Revisited (1997, Enja/Tiptoe)
  33. Abdullah Ibrahim: The Very Best of Abdullah Ibrahim (2000, Music Club) B+
  34. Abdullah Ibrahim: Ekapa Lodumo (2000, Tiptoe)
  35. Abdullah Ibrahim: African Magic (2003, Enja)
  36. Abdullah Ibrahim: Senzo (2008 [2009], Sunnyside) A-
  37. Abdullah Ibrahim [WDR Big Band Cologne]: Bombella (2008 [2010], Sunnyside) B+(***)
  38. Abdullah Ibrahim: Sotho Blue (2010 [2011], Sunnyside) A-
  39. Abdullah Ibrahim: Mukashi (2013, Intuition) B+(**)
  40. Abdullah Ibrahim: The Song Is My Story (2014 [2015], Sunnyside) B
  41. Abdullah Ibrahim: The Balance (2019, Gearbox) B+(***)
  42. Abdullah Ibrahim: Dream Time (2019, Enja) B+(**)
  43. Abdullah Ibrahim: 3 (2023 [2024], Gearbox) B+(*)

Number of A-listed albums: 9 (of 31 rated).

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