Abdullah Ibrahim

Legendary South African jazz musician (mostly pianist and saxophonist), born 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa–died 15 June 2026 in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany. He was given the Dollar nickname as a result of his regular purchases of jazz LPs from American soldiers as a youth, and when he converted to Islam in 1968, he changed his name to Abdullah Ibrahim—although he continued to perform and record under the…