South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91

Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African jazz pianist who blended Cape Town's musical traditions with American jazz and became an anti-apartheid symbol, died at 91 in Germany after a brief illness. Born Adolph Johannes Brand in 1934, he was known as Dollar Brand before converting to Islam in the 1960s. He recorded dozens of solo albums and collaborated with Don Cherry, Max Roach, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. In 1974, he recorded 'Mannenberg,' his most famous composition, inspired by the marabi tradition, which became an anthem against racial segregation and a cornerstone of Cape Jazz. After apartheid ended, Ibrahim returned to South Africa in 1994 and performed at Nelson Mandela's presidential inauguration, where Mandela called him 'our Mozart.'