Abdullah Ibrahim

Abdullah Ibrahim

Jan 29, 2009

At its best, there’s a quiet majesty to the music of Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist-composer once known as Dollar Brand, and his new solo CD, <I>Senzo</I> (on the German WDR label’s Cologne Broadcasts series), is his most stirring album in years. He was discovered in 1963, at the age of 30, by no less than Duke Ellington, who produced his first recording, then lured him to the States, where he played with Elvin Jones before going on to form his own bands. In the ‘70s, he found his full voice—a swaying pastiche of jazz, spiritual and Capetown rhythms—and, over the course of a few years, recorded a staggering number of great albums: <I>Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1</I> (there was no Vol. 2) and <I>Duke’s Memories</I> with the saxophonist Carlos Ward, Good <I>News from Africa</I> with the bassist Johnny Dyani, <I>Streams of Consciousness</I> with drummer Max Roach, <I>Duet</I> with saxophonist Archie Shepp (the most lyrical album Shepp ever made), and <I>African Marketplace</I>, <I>The Mountain</I>, and <I>Ekaya</I> with his octet known as Ekaya.

New at Liquid HiFi - NuForce consumer audio products

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Dealers' Open House
Submitted by Buff on

Hello Stereophile Forum members,

I wanted to announce that Liquid HiFi in Charlotte, NC is now a dealer of NuForce consumer products including the Icon integrated amplifier and Icon mobile headphone amplifier.

Liquid HiFi is a new dealer in the Charlotte area and we proudly represent ASC tube traps, Bel Canto design, Black Diamond Racing, Dynaudio, Furutech, Marantz, MIT cables, Oppo digital, PS Audio, Podspeakers, Stillpoints, Thiel Audio and other fine lines.

Anyone compare Bryston BCD1 to Cambridge 840c cdp?

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by barondla on

My Perpetual Technologies dac has lost a channel. Need something to replace it and old Pioneer PD65 transport. The Bryston and Cambridge seem to be well thought of for cdps. Considered Ayre, but it seems to be favored in balanced mode, which my system doesn't support. The Primaluna won't work with my Sonic Euphoria passive line stage. Have considered a SACD/CD player too. Only have two SACDs. Will get Perpetual fixed for back up. Hate trying to decide what will work in the system.
thanks
barondla

Best stereo speakers under $2k?

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Loudspeakers
Submitted by romnation on

I'm a bit of a noob here, but I have a $2k budget for speakers. I don't really even know where to start looking. Can someone recommend me some models? I'll probably be pairing it with a Cambridge Audio 840A, or I may decide to go tube. I'm not sure yet. Can someone help me out? I want speakers that are "loud" and full range.

Here's the "planning stages" of my audio setup. All parts subject to change,
http://i39.tinypic.com/157hcvb.jpg

Follow up on C7-xe and C5-xe

Submitted by Joacim on

It was nice to read the follow up on the players from Ayre in the latest number!

However, it was a pity though that the follow up were not mentioning anything about the new upgrade "MP" that's about to come. At least when I saw the content page, I had these hopes at first that it should be around the MP-ugrade!?
This also since I read on the Stereophile CES-Blog that it should not be a "subtle" upgrade.

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