The Kesivan Naidoo Big Band Experience

Kesivan Naidoo is unarguably the most eminent South African drummer of his generation. This is a cat who honed his sense of sonic spectacle with such jazz giants as Bheki Mseleku, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Winston Mankunku, Miriam Makeba and more. Kesivan Naidoo’s music has been hailed by critics as “majestic playing, mind-blowing listening” and “the birth of a new South African jazz sound”. When he performs, venues are packed with eager ears and excitement.

Born into the generation of “freedom children”, he used music to celebrate the liberation his elders fought so hard to achieve. Kesivan’s sound is rooted in the art of improvisation, in rapturous expression and radical invention—and most
Kesivan Naidoo is unarguably the most eminent South African drummer of his generation. This is a cat who honed his sense of sonic spectacle with such jazz giants as Bheki Mseleku, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Winston Mankunku, Miriam Makeba and more. Kesivan Naidoo’s music has been hailed by critics as “majestic playing, mind-blowing listening” and “the birth of a new South African jazz sound”. When he performs, venues are packed with eager ears and excitement.