UNdikho Xaba wazalwa ngo-1934 eMgungundlovu, eKZN, wayedlala izinsimbi eziningi, eyisazi-mlando somculo nefilosofi.
UXaba wayengumlingisi, umqambi wezingoma nomshayi wopiyano; Ubuye adlale nohlu olubanzi lohambo lukaXaba lwamyisa eNingizimu Afrika – kusuka ezitaladini zaseMgungundlovu esifundazweni saKwaZulu-Natali kuya eQueenstown e-Eastern Cape kanye nokuvuthwa komculo we-Dorkay House yaseGoli – yonke indlela eya e-Broadway, i-jazz lofts e-San Francisco, e-Chicago nase-New York, amakamu okuqeqesha e-African National Congress ekudingisweni e-Tanzania, imigwaqo yaseSoweto ngemuva kwenkululeko futhi, ekugcineni, abuyela ekhaya futhi. izinsimbi zomculo, zombili ezase-Afrika nezasentshonalanga – okunye kokwakheka kwakhe nokuqamba izinto ezintsha, kufaka phakathi ukwehluka kwezinsimbi zasendulo ezifana nomakhoyane, ugubhu nezinye.
UXaba uqhubeke nokufundisa impilo yakhe yonke. Wasungula izikhungo zokwenza izinsimbi zomculo futhi wasungula ikharikhulamu yomculo yesikole sababaleki se-ANC eDakawa, e-Tanzania. Ekubuyeleni kwakhe eNingizimu Afrika esuka ekudingisweni ngo-1994, wenza izifundo zomculo nokwenza izinsimbi ekhaya lakhe eSoweto, ngaphambi kokubuyela eThekwin
UXaba udale umculo ochazwe njengokomoya, eclectic nophula umthetho. Ngo-1970, njengomholi weNdikho Xaba & The Natives, iqembu elalizinze e-San Francisco, e-California, uXaba wakhipha irekhodi lokuqamba ubuciko bomculo obukhethekile, wagxila emasikweni ase-Afrika nangokomoya we-jazz avant-garde. I-albhamu, esihloko sithi Shwabada, kade yathathwa njenge ‘grail engcwele’ phakathi kwabaqoqi bamarekhodi e-jazz. Ngo-2015 yaphinde yakhishwa yiMatsuli Music, eyenza ukuthi itholakale esizukulwaneni esisha sabalaleli.
UNdikho Xaba udlule ngokuthula ekhaya lakhe eThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika ezungezwe umndeni nabangane ngoJuni 11, 2019 ngemuva kokulwa isikhathi eside nesifo se-Parkinson.