From 1981 to 1982 he studied musicology at King's College, London University with inter alia Brian Trowell, Reinhard Strohm, Pierluigi Petrobelli and Thomas Walker.

He played with all the major orchestras in South Africa and got to work with international artists such as Kiri Te Kanawa, and the Harlem Dance Company amongst others.

He has also played with numerous South African stars such as Sibongile Khumalo, Allen Kwela, André van Eeden and Johnny Fourie.

His movement is entitled "Masakane" (Let Us Build Together) and the orchestral version of the piece was premiered on 23 March 2000 by the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban.

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 general.

His fusion band Channel 18 – comprising himself on piano and keyboards, Bruce Cassidy on EVI (electronic valve instrument), Denis Lalouette on bass and Rob Watson on drums and featuring his own jazz compositions – has performed frequently all over South Africa.