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May 19, 2008
The silence between
I went to a fantastic concert on Saturday night. Abdullah Ibrahim at the Barbican Hall in London. He's a South African jazz pianist and composer, and he never plays more notes than necessary: the silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves. The spaciousness in his playing seems to come out of a deep well of silence and contemplation, which I guess comes from his deep commitment to spiritual journeying. You get the feeling that there's no big ego at work there. It's balm to the soul to listen to him play and speak.
Posted by Angela at May 19, 2008 11:40 AM