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Nduduzo Makhathini
Nduduzo Makhathini is an award-winning pianist, improvisor, healer and scholar from South Africa. He is a recipient of prestigious awards such as the Standard Bank Young Artist Award, South African Music Award (SAMA) and AFRIMA among others that have made him an influential figure. Makhathini has nine albums under his belt with his last album Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds on Blue Note Records and many as a sideman. He has performed and collaborated with the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Moreover, he has performed with Azar Lawrence, Billy Harper, Nasheet Waits, Logan Richardson among many other greats. Makhathini has also done prestigious venues such as the Blue Note and Jazz at Lincoln Centre in New York. He was also in the line-up for this year’s Winter Jazz Fest. As an academic Makhathini is heading a music department at the historic University of Fort Hare while completing his PhD at Stellenbosch University. Makhathini’s work moves between jazz and improvisation while making connections to African cosmological aspects with a strong focus on ritual.

Songs

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You Make Me Happy
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Unembeza
Nduduzo Makhathini
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Sobantu
Nduduzo Makhathini, Umgidi Trio, & One Voice Vocal Ensemble
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Re-Amathambo (Remix) (feat. Anna Widauer)
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Kuzodlula
Nduduzo Makhathini

Albums

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The Myth We Choose

2026
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Ikhambi

2017
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Matunda Ya Kwanza, Vol. 1

2015
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uNomkhubulwane

2024
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Reflections

2017
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Listening to the Ground

2015
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In The Spirit Of Ntu

2022
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Inner Dimensions

2016
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Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds

2020
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Icilongo: The African Peace Suite

2016

Singles & EPs

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Unembeza

Single • 2026
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You Make Me Happy

Single • 2025
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Emlilweni (feat. Jaleel Shaw)

Single • 2022
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Liyoze Line Nangakithi

Single • 2026
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Libations: Uxolo

Single • 2024
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Amathongo

Single • 2022
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Imvunge KaNtu

Single • 2026
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Water Spirits: Izinkonjana

Single • 2024
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Kuzodlula

Single • 2026
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Libations: Omnyama

Single • 2024

Videos

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Live performances

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Izinkonjana - Nduduzo Makhathini live at Blue Note Tokyo

Nduduzo Makhathini • 1K views
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Kuzodlula - Nduduzo Makhathini feat Jakob Sørensen w/ Aarhus Jazz Orchestra

Nduduzo Makhathini • 2.2K views
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Amanxusa Asemkhathini - Nduduzo Makhathini live at the Louis Armstrong Museum

Nduduzo Makhathini • 8K views
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Re-Amathambo (Remix)

Nduduzo Makhathini, Fka Mash, & Anna Widauer • 981 views
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Izibingelelo (Greetings) live at the Centre for Jazz Studies at UKZN

Nduduzo Makhathini • 4.4K views
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Umbono - Nduduzo Makhathini Trio feat Martin Nodeland live at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene

Nduduzo Makhathini • 715 views
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Ababhemu

Nduduzo Makhathini, Ayanda Sikade, Karl-Martin Almqvist, and Magne Thormodsæter • 128 views

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Modern Energetic Jazz

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'10s Jazz

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Jazz Hotlist

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