Kesivan Naidoo

Artist 1979 Cape Town connection

Drummer born in East London in 1979, who studied jazz at the University of Cape Town's South African College of Music and won the Standard Bank Young Artist award for jazz in 2009. Bheki Mseleku shaped his playing, and he worked with Hotep Idris Galeta, Winston Mankunku Ngozi and Miriam Makeba. He leads Kesivan and the Lights.

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was born in

East London (1979) the 907 seed says Durban, which is wrong

worked with

Kyle Shepherd (2015) Naidoo held the drum chair in the trio
Winston Mankunku Ngozi

was a member of

Kesivan and the Lights he founded and leads it

studied at

UCT South African College of Music jazz performance and composition

was taught by

Bheki Mseleku he shaped Naidoo's playing and sent him to Coltrane
Hotep Idris Galeta Naidoo names him among those he learned from

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