Every generation has its own leading lights. For the current generation of South African young jazz musicians, pianist, and composer, Nduduzo Makhathini stands as a key torchbearer. It’s useful to ...

Last November, pianist Nduduzo Makhathini became the first South African to sign to iconic jazz label Blue Note Records, while still remaining signed Universal Music South Africa as well. By Nadia ...

Whether through his recordings, live in concert or at the Tiny Desk, South African pianist and Zulu healer Nduduzo Makhathini has the ability to transfix an audience with his deeply meditative and ...

Dawn is yet to break when photographer Siphiwe Mhlambi makes his way to Soweto. He parks his car by the roadside and leaps over the metal barrier to conduct a recce of the area below. This, he has ...

Makhathini was recently awarded the Deutscher Jazzpreis, the German Jazz Prize, in the Live Act of the Year International category. South African artist Nduduzo Makhathini is one of the world’s most ...

This is how pianist and healer Nduduzo Makhathini has packaged his latest album Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds. “There are all of these registers of consciousness depending on ...

2020 looked mighty bright for Nduduzo Makhathini. In January, jazz fans and critics alike jammed themselves into the Zürcher Gallery at the NYC Winter Jazzfest to get a glimpse of the rising star ...

The pianist has a knack for pulling listeners deep into his compositions, even when they are far away in the high- up seats of a giant venue. It was a small band. It was a big venue. The Philharmonie ...