Abdullah Ibrahim: How Improvisation Saved My Life

Abdullah Ibrahim Trio Coming to 92nd Street Y Fri, Nov 15! 🇿🇦 🎹 Come celebrate the 90th birthday of South African music legend Abdullah Ibrahim! The award-winning composer, pianist, and anti-apartheid activist has been a global music force for over seven decades and was dubbed “our Mozart” by Nelson Mandela. In 1959, he collaborated with Hugh Masekela ZA to establish the Jazz Epistles, and this iconic septet produced the first South African jazz album. Don't miss this chance to see him perfor

Some historians suggest Gulbadin Hekmatyar who was the blue eyed boy of Pakistani intelligence was the killer of Dr Abdullah Azzam. According to Thomas Hegghamer in his biography of Abdullah Azzam, he claims that during his last days Abdullah Azzam was getting closer to Ahmad Shah massoud and this made Hekmatyar insecure. He further adds that the blast that killed Azzam seemed like the work of Pakistani intelligence.