Nduduzo Makhathini

The visionary South African pianist, composer and improviser Nduduzo Makhathini presents “In the Spirit of Ntu” (Blue Note Records), his tenth studio album, an original music in its arcane beauty that summarizes the principles of a poetics that is at the same time mystical contemporaneity and religious ancestral traditions. A central figure in the country’s vibrant jazz scene, Makhathini has assembled a band made up of some of South Africa’s most exciting young musicians.