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Bring him back home: Jazz drummer Kesivan Naidoo, who now lives in Switzerland, will be performing work commemorating 30 years of democracy in South Africa. Photo: Jacqui van Staden
30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY

Jazz in the key of freedom

Kesivan Naidoo blends local jazz with global influences to mark 30 years of democracy

  • Kibo Ngowi
6 min read
Kesivan and the Lights at Carnegie Hall.
JOHANN VOLLENHOVEN

Kesivan Naidoo talks Coltrane, Carnegie Hall and ‘Brotherhood’

The SA drummer and band leader of Kesivan and the Lights speaks to Johann Vollenhoven about playing at Carnegie Hall and the "mysteries of music".

  • Johann Vollenhoven
12 min read