Linda Sikhakhane

Linda Sikhakhane is a tenor and soprano saxophonist from South Africa. His physical yet sensitive tone and playing style melds various, lyrical and spiritual influences from John Coltrane and Billy Harper to Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Thandi Ntuli and Nduduzo Makhathini (a longtime collaborator). He has played and recorded with respected South African and international artists such as Brian Thusi, Gregory Potter, and Reggie Workman, among others. Sikhakhane won the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship in 2016, and in 2017 released debut, Two Sides, One Mirror while studying jazz at the New...