'This is not a performance. This is a ritual. ' Stilted words that are repeated several times in the liner notes for Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworld. Yet when listening to it, it turns out that nothing too much has been said with this because on his debut album for the Blue Note label, the South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini has gathered a band around him that plays or their
… lives depend on it. Makhathini is a member of , the South African band of British saxophonist . With the young British jazz scene, Makhathini has in common that his music is deeply rooted in the spiritual jazz of and and . He adds deeply African spirituality to this with songs that dance fiercely and conjuringly. (MR)more
