(Piano). The first songbook by Abdullah Ibrahim contains 15 atmospheric songs for piano. African Songs - this means pulsing rhythms, bluesy melodies and evocative ballads. Abdullah Ibrahim was born in Capetown. His musical roots are firmly planted in jazz and gospel music and in the traditional music South Africa. For this songbook 15 song improvisations have been faithfully transcribed. Via the Web code printed in the book, the original recordings of the pieces can be downloaded from the Internet in mp3 format free of charge.