NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI

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Nduduzo Makhathini grew up in the lush and rugged hillscapes of umGungundlovu in South Africa, a peri-urban landscape in which music and ritual practices were symbiotically linked. The area is significant historically as the site of the Zulu king Dingane kingdom between 1828 and 1840. It’s important to note that the Zulu, in fact the African warrior code, is deeply reliant on music for motivation and healing. This deeply embedded symbiosis is key to understanding Makhathini’s vision.

The church also played a role in Makhathini’s musical understanding, as he hopped from church to church in his younger days in search of only the music. The legends of South African jazz are deep influences as well, in particular Bheki Mseleku, Moses Molelekwa, and Abdullah Ibrahim. “The earlier musicians put a lot of emotions in the music they played,” he says. “I think it may also be linked to the political climate
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NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Sketches Of Tomorrow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sketches Of Tomorrow
African Fusion 2014
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Mother Tongue album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mother Tongue
Fusion 2014
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Listening To The Ground album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Listening To The Ground
African Fusion 2015
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Matunda Ya Kwanza, Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Matunda Ya Kwanza, Vol. 1
Post Bop 2015
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Icilongo (The African Peace Suite) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Icilongo (The African Peace Suite)
African Fusion 2016
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Inner Dimensions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Inner Dimensions
African Fusion 2016
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Reflections album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Reflections
Post Bop 2017
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI iKhambi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
iKhambi
African Fusion 2017
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Modes Of Communication : Letters From The Underworlds album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Modes Of Communication : Letters From The Underworlds
21st Century Modern 2020
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI In the Spirit of Ntu album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In the Spirit of Ntu
African Fusion 2022
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI uNomkhubulwane album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
uNomkhubulwane
African Fusion 2024

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NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI uNomkhubulwane

Album · 2024 · African Fusion
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"uNomkhubulwane" is the new album from South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, dedicated to the Zulu Goddess uNomkhubulwane, and contains beautiful spiritual music. Different from some of Nduduzo's previous albums, the music here is played by a more minimalist collective - a traditional all-acoustic jazz trio with South African/American double bassist Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere and Cuban drummer Francisco Mela.

The music itself is a three-movement suite, combining traditional South African jazz, well-known from works of Abdullah Ibrahim, with American bop tradition and even touches of European chamber piano jazz. Being not only a musician, but the "sangoma" - a shaman and healer - as well, Nduduzo adds a strong spiritual feeling to his music.

Nduduzo not only plays piano, but he adds poetic spoken words and sings African folk too. The album is of slow to mid-tempo music and demonstrates the great beauty of quiet intense spiritual jazz. True sounds of relief in today's world full of drama.

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