title: Reflections (Abdullah Ibrahim album)
text: # Reflections (Abdullah Ibrahim album)
  
  Reflections is a solo piano album recorded in 1965 by Abdullah Ibrahim (then known as Dollar Brand).
  
  ## Recording and music
  
  The album was recorded in March 1965. It was Abdullah Ibrahim's first solo piano album.
  
  ## Release
  
  Reflections was released by Black Lion Records. Ibrahim was still known as Dollar Brand, so it was under that name that the album was issued.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
  
  AllMusic put the recording in historical context: "These largely introspective performances do not contain the joyful folk melodies of Ibrahim's later work but they offer a fascinating early look into the music of the important stylist." The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented on the pianist's "drumming lyricism".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf/Fats Waller) – 3:45
  * "Resolution" (Dollar Brand) – 3:43
  * "Knight's Night" (Brand) – 5:38
  * "Mood Indigo (Barney Bigard/Duke Ellington/Irving Mills)/Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington/Bob Russell)/Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 8:34
  * "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:47
  * "You Are Too Beautiful" (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) – 6:10
  * "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) – 5:58
  * "Pye R Squared" (Brand) – 2:52
  * "On the Banks of Allen Waters" (Brand) – 5:39
  * "Reflections" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:06
  * "Which Way?" (Brand) – 3:09
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Abdullah Ibrahim – piano
  