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and worked on a number of albums included his two solo CDs "Reddy, Steady, Go!" and "Rough 'n Reddy". At the release of the latter CD he devised the term "clazz" to describe his own unique brand of fusion - a mixture of classical and jazz styles as well as South
African mbaqanga and world music in
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in London he had a highly successful international career as a classical and jazz pianist. He invented his own new musical style called "clazz" in which he fuses classical, jazz, South
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Masakane - Let us build together, 1996, cantata for baritone, SATB choir and piano or orchestra based on the Human Rights Treaty
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