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Sathima Bea Benjamin (17 Oct 1936 - 20 Aug 2013)

Female Person - South Africa

Releases (4)

Official

Album

  1. Dedications 1982
  2. LoveLight 1988
  3. A Morning in Paris 1997
  4. Musical Echoes 2006

Relationships (3)

Married

  1. Abdullah Ibrahim

Children

  1. Tsidi Ibrahim
  2. Jean Grae

Recordings by (39)

  1. Love’s Old Sweet Song 3:19 (1982)
  2. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life 2:27 (1982)
  3. One Day When We Were Young 3:34 (1982)
  4. Say It Isn’t So 2:53 (1982)
  5. Every Time We Say Goodbye 5:58 (1982)
  6. Music 4:47 (1982)
  7. My Melancholy Baby 3:09 (1982)
  8. Africa 6:15 (1982)
  9. Memories of You 4:58 (1982)
  10. Winnie Mandela - Beloved Heroine 6:38 (1988)
  11. You Are My Heart’s Delight 4:54 (1988)
  12. “Music” 6:03 (1988)
  13. African Songbird 5:12 (1988)
  14. Gift of Love - “For Duke” 4:47 (1988)
  15. I’ll See You Again 6:19 (1988)
  16. Long Ago and Far Away 6:06 (1988)
  17. You Don’t Know What Love Is 5:06 (1988)
  18. Solitude 3:14 (1996)
  19. Darn That Dream 3:47 (1997)
  20. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good 4:32 (1997)
  21. I Could Write a Book 3:20 (1997)
  22. I Should Care 3:12 (1997)
  23. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year 2:01 (1997)
  24. The Man I Love 4:16 (1997)
  25. Your Love Has Faded 2:38 (1997)
  26. I’m Glad There Is You 3:17 (1997)
  27. Soon 3:09 (1997)
  28. Lover Man 3:29 (1997)
  29. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 5:13 (1997)
  30. All Too Soon 6:50 (2006)
  31. Caravan 7:24 (2006)
  32. Falling in Love With Love 5:26 (2006)
  33. I’ll Follow My Secret Heart 4:01 (2006)
  34. They Say It’s Wonderful 8:09 (2006)
  35. Musical Echoes 8:05 (2006)
  36. Someone to Watch Over Me 5:40 (2006)
  37. Something to Live For 7:51 (2006)
  38. Star Eyes 6:02 (2006)
  39. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 4:09 (2010)

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Indian Song 6:20 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  2. WindSong 13:10 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  3. Song of Songs 5:29 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  4. Lady Day 3:38 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  5. Dreams 7:05 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  6. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 3:20 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)

Vocals

  1. Say It Isn’t So 2:53 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  2. One Day When We Were Young 3:34 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  3. Music 4:47 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  4. Love’s Old Sweet Song 3:19 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  5. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life 2:27 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  6. Every Time We Say Goodbye 5:58 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  7. Africa 6:15 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  8. Memories of You 4:58 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  9. My Melancholy Baby 3:09 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1982)
  10. Indian Song 6:20 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  11. Dreams 7:05 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  12. Song of Songs 5:29 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  13. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 3:20 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  14. Lady Day 3:38 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  15. WindSong 13:10 Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins (1985)
  16. Winnie Mandela - Beloved Heroine 6:38 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  17. African Songbird 5:12 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  18. You Are My Heart’s Delight 4:54 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  19. I’ll See You Again 6:19 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  20. You Don’t Know What Love Is 5:06 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  21. Gift of Love - “For Duke” 4:47 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  22. Long Ago and Far Away 6:06 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  23. “Music” 6:03 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  24. The Man I Love 5:14 Dollar Brand Trio (1990)
  25. Lover Man 6:16 Dollar Brand Trio (1990)
  26. Darn That Dream 3:47 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1997)
  27. Your Love Has Faded 2:38 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1997)
  28. I Should Care 3:12 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1997)

Produced

  1. Water From an Ancient Well 11:58 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  2. Sameeda 5:55 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  3. Song for Sathima 6:12 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  4. Mandela 4:59 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  5. Mannenberg Revisited 6:11 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  6. The Mountain 3:21 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  7. The Wedding 2:41 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  8. Tuang Guru 5:26 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986)
  9. You Don’t Know What Love Is 5:06 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  10. Winnie Mandela - Beloved Heroine 6:38 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  11. I’ll See You Again 6:19 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  12. “Music” 6:03 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  13. Long Ago and Far Away 6:06 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  14. African Songbird 5:12 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  15. Gift of Love - “For Duke” 4:47 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)
  16. You Are My Heart’s Delight 4:54 Sathima Bea Benjamin (1988)

Credited as (5)

  1. Sathima Bea Benjamin
  2. Dollar Brand & Sathima Bea Benjamin
  3. Sathima B. Benjamin
  4. Sathima Bea Benjamin with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins
  5. Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand

Works (10)

Wrote

  1. Musical Echoes
  2. Winnie Mandela - Beloved Heroine

Composed

  1. “Music”
  2. African Songbird
  3. Gift of Love - “For Duke”
  4. Africa

Lyrics

  1. “Music”
  2. African Songbird
  3. Gift of Love - “For Duke”
  4. Africa

Links (7)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.sathimabeabenjamin.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sathima_bea_benjamin

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/145287

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000303595

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/42038957

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546053