Kesivan Dev Naidoo (born 25 June 1979) is a South African drummer, who plays predominantly jazz, electronica and world music.
His parents, Dev and Vinodrie Naidoo, worked as a building constructor and Assistant Accountant/Human Resources Administrator respectively and sent Kesivan to St. Ann's Primary School at the age of 5.
At the beginning of the millennium Kesivan became the youngest person to win the Southern African Music Rights Organisation SAMRO Overseas Scholarship Competition.
They performed over 30 concerts, in Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Mocambique and South Africa, played at Festivals such as Kraków, Cape Town and Zürich.
Playing with Charles Lazar (bass), Mark Fransman (piano) and Buddy Wells (sax),[2] Kesivan and Tribe have become known for their "instantly South African flavored, hard-edged, straight-ahead jazz sounds.
[2] They later recorded one CD – Our Language..[2] Closet Snare is a 6 piece group with Mark Buchanan (Guitar/Samples), DJ Sibot (Machines/Decks), Lee Thomson (Trumpet), Sean Ou Tim (Bass) and Inka Kendzia – VJ Grrrl (Visuals).
Of the more contemporary artists, he cites Feya Faku, Hotep Galeta, Bheki Mseleku, Charles Lazar, Jojo Mayer, Prince, Rage Against the Machine and all the members of Tribe, Closet Snare and Babu.