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    Reflections (Abdullah Ibrahim album)

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    Reflections
    Studio album by
    Abdullah Ibrahim
    RecordedMarch 1965
    GenreJazz
    LabelBlack Lion

    Reflections is a solo piano album recorded in 1965 by Abdullah Ibrahim (then known as Dollar Brand).

    Recording and music

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    The album was recorded in March 1965.[1] It was Abdullah Ibrahim's first solo piano album.[2]

    Release

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    Reflections was released by Black Lion Records.[3] Ibrahim was still known as Dollar Brand, so it was under that name that the album was issued.[3]

    Reception

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    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[3]
    The Penguin Guide to Jazz[1]

    AllMusic put the recording in historical context: "These largely introspective performances do not contain the joyful folk melodies of Ibrahim's later work but they offer a fascinating early look into the music of the important stylist."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented on the pianist's "drumming lyricism".[1]

    Track listing

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    1. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf/Fats Waller) – 3:45
    2. "Resolution" (Dollar Brand) – 3:43
    3. "Knight's Night" (Brand) – 5:38
    4. "Mood Indigo (Barney Bigard/Duke Ellington/Irving Mills)/Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington/Bob Russell)/Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 8:34
    5. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:47
    6. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) – 6:10
    7. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) – 5:58
    8. "Pye R Squared" (Brand) – 2:52
    9. "On the Banks of Allen Waters" (Brand) – 5:39
    10. "Reflections" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:06
    11. "Which Way?" (Brand) – 3:09

    Personnel

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    • Abdullah Ibrahim – piano

    References

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    1. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette. Penguin. p. 556. ISBN 0-14-015364-0.
    2. ^ Kelman, John (3 March 2014) "Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano". AllAboutJazz.
    3. ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott "Dollar Brand – Reflections". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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