Abdullah Ibrahim & Miriam Makeba - Berlin 1978

This is a very special concert, and it has... ahem, very special sound quality.
The recording is pretty flawed, though in my opinion it's just about listenable.

Of course hearing Ibrahim (leading one of his best groups, in my opinion, the "Africa - Tears and Laughter" album on Enja is a must!) with Miriam Makeba is a treat, but the rough Berliners (no, I'm not one, he he he) were booing as usual (they can't stand singers in general, I think Carmen McRae was about the only one that survived a whole concert without being booed off the stage).

Anyway, this will keep the South-African flame burning for the weeks I'll be on vacation starting today!

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Abdullah Ibrahim & Miriam Makeba
Berlinger Jazztage 1978
Berlin (Germany), Philharmonie
November 3, 1978

Abdullah Ibrahim - piano, soprano sax, flute
Talib Qadr - alto & soprano sax, flute, oboe
Greg Brown - bass
John Betsch - drums

on CD2 add:
Miriam Makeba - vocals
Papa Kouyate - percussion

CD2#1 is a piano solo
CD2#10 is a vocal solo

CD1/61:37
1. Stage Announcer Introduction (1:43)
2. Tsakwe (3:28)
3. Children of Africa (7:21)
4. Imam (11:57)
5. unknown (2:32) [cut] [Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro?]
6. Ishmael (14:30) [cuts in]
7. The Wedding (14:45)
8. Mannenberg (2:44) >
9. Tsakwe (2:30)

CD2/52:30
1. Medley (20:31) [p-solo] >
2. unknown (3:59)
3. Announcement by Abdullah Ibrahim (1:08)
4. Tula Dubula (6:30)
5. unknown (1:41) [Kiolo?]
6. unknown (5:27) [Epilelo?]
7. Ntyilo Ntyilo (3:04)
8. unknown > Stage Announcer Outro (4:56)
9. Announcement by Miriam Makeba (2:26)
10. unknown (2:43) [encore, voc-solo]

TT: 114:07

Sound: B+
Source: audience recording


:: ubu edits ::

run de-click filter (not much use here...)
re-tracked
deleted silence preceeding CD1#1
merged CD1#5 (came in two parts: 2:27/0:04 - with an unrelated 0:02 in between)
added fade-out at end of CD1#9 and fade-in at beginning of CD2#1
merged piano solo medley (came in two parts: 12:09/8:27), deleted a bit of duplication, splice @ 12:09
deleted silence and added fade-out at end of CD2#8
added fade-in at beginning of CD2#9
separated announcement from CD2#10
deleted noise and added fade-out at end of CD2#10

Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Seeded on dime by relyles

Comment by relyles:

set list received from trade:

Tsakewe [> Tsakwe]
The Children of Africa
Ishmael Did You Hear That Sound?
Mannenberg
The Dream
Kariba Blue [> Knishna Blue?]
Ballade
African Market Place
Yuokio Khalifa
Liberation Dance
Matsidison [> Matsidisu?]
Anthem for the New Nation
Hintiyan
Tula Dubula
Kiolo
Epelilelo


Note: jazzrita shared another fix on dime, here's some info on that version:

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Lineage: aud > dime > restored with wavelab > flac > dime

UPLOADED BY JAZZRITA 09-04-25

relyles SEEDED THIS CONCERT FEW DAYS AGO.
SEE URL: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=245875

THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THIS SEED NEEDS RESTORING. HERE ARE SOME HELP:
- CAREFUL HISS REDUCTION
- MORE CORRECT TRACKING
- ELEMINATE MANY GLITCHES AND CLICKS

THE TAPER HAD DONE NOT HIS BEST WORK: MUCH YAK!!!! HEAVY HISS AND SOME STRANGE HIGH FREQUENCES.

IT SEEMS THAT THE SOURCE ARE NOT ONLY AUDIENCE. IT SEEMS THE SOURCE FROM TRACK 11 ON (WITH MIRIAM MAKEBA) IS FROM A TV SHOW!!!???

THANKS TO UBU FOR HIS SET-LIST AND RESEARCHING ON THE LINE-UP!!!

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In my opinion, the hiss reduction didn't work that well, and the tracking wasn't perfect, so I kept my own version.