Musician Ndikho Xaba. Supplied by the Xaba family. It’s the late 1990s at the Windybrow Theatre in Johannesburg. I’m with an American-born friend whose jazz tastes were shaped by the Chicago free ...

Ndikho Xaba’s music and life are a study in the wearing down of rigid binaries such as freedom and alienation or success and obscurity. A pianist, percussionist and master of the improvised wind ...

Mind Your Head Films’ contribution to the conversation is Shwabada: The Music of Ndikho Xaba, a meditative inquiry into the musical achievements of an inventive composer. The film headlines the 18th ...

Johannesburg – Legendary South African musician Ndikho Xaba has died. A short statement released on Ndikho's Facebook page on Wednesday morning first announced the news. "For those of you who may not ...

Ndikho Xaba and the Natives are big in Japan. No, really. The jazz outfit's popularity in the Asian country is a testament to their longevity. Founded in the late 1960s, the band was born out of ...

That’s how jazz legend Ndikho Xaba’s wife‚ Nomusa Xaba‚ has described a fundraising event for her ailing husband. The event was held at the BAT centre in Durban on Sunday. The event also celebrated ...

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It's the late 1990s at the Windybrow Theatre in Johannesburg. I'm with an American-born friend whose jazz tastes were shaped by the Chicago free music scene of the 1970s. On to the stage walks a ...

Johannesburg — Legendary South African musician Ndikho Xaba has died. A short statement released on Ndikho's Facebook page on Wednesday morning first announced the news. "For those of you who may not ...

Musician Ndikho Xaba rejected boundaries. He lived and played what he believed – uncompromisingly.