Dollar Brand / ANATOMY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN VILLAGE

One of the most beautiful albums of the first production of the great South African pianist. Recorded live in 1965 at Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen, in trio with Johnny Gertze – double bass and Makaya Ntshoko – drums, “Anatomy of a South African Village” shows the various aspects of the poetics of the then Dollar Brand and future Abdullah Ibrahim. From the circular and hypnotic pianism of African inspiration to the angularity of Monkish style, here expressed in the declared reinterpretation of classics such as “Round Midnight” and “Light Blue”.