''Autobiography'' is a live recording by pianist and flautist

Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cap ...

(also known as Dollar Brand), taken from a June 18, 1978, concert in Switzerland. On the recording, Ibrahim recalls his childhood in South Africa through the songs he learned then, progressing to his own compositions in adulthood. Originally released as a two-disc LP set, the album has since been reissued on CD.

Track listing

#"What Really Happened in the Cornfields is that the Birds Made Musical all the Day and so I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart at Duke’s Place" – "Anthem For the New Nations" #"Biral" #"Gwidza" – "Yukio-Kahlifa" – "Intro Liberation Dance" #"African Marketplace" – "Tokai" – "Llanga" – "African Sun" #"The Dream" #"Liberation Dance" #"Did You Hear That Sound ?" – "Our Son Tsakwe" – "The Wedding" – "

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" – "One Day When We Were Young" #"

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Take the "A" Train "Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra. History The use of the Strayhorn composition as the signature tune was made necessary by a ruling in 1940 by the American ...

" – "Coming on the Hudson" – "Moniebah" #"Little Boy" #"Cherry" #"Ishmael" – "

Mannenberg "Mannenberg" is a Cape jazz song by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974. Driven into exile by the apartheid government, Ibrahim had been living in Europe and the United States during the 1960s and '70s, making brief ...

" – "Children of Africa"/"Banyana" – "Peace-Salaam" – "Anthem for the New Nations" #"Khoisan"

References

Abdullah Ibrahim albums 1978 live albums Live albums by South African artists {{1970s-jazz-album-stub