The name DON JAZZY is an iconic brand when it comes to music in Nigeria. In this interview, the music producer tells FUNKE OSAE-BROWN about his upcoming concert and what makes his music.
Our meeting that hot Wednesday afternoon at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos was not a chanced one. Mavin Records and Access Bank had called a meeting for media men. Seated among his colleagues at Mavin Records, is the don himself, Don Jazzy. He was every bit himself, humble, no air of arrogance at all. He was at home with everyone present.
He looks quite older than his age as I interviewed him that afternoon. He is 33 years old. Christened, Michael Collins Ajereh, his stage name Don Jazzy has really stuck to him, very few people know or address him by his real name.
His foray into music started when he was a choir member at the popular Cherubim and Seraphim Church as a young boy. At the time, he never knew he would become a big time music producer in Nigeria growing up in Ajegunle, a suburb of Lagos cosmopolitan city.
As an award winning record producer, singer-songwriter, musician, former CEO of Mo’ Hits Records and current CEO of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy has recorded many successes in the Nigerian music industry. He has become a sought-after music producer. It is, therefore, not a surprise when he announced Mavin Records partnership with Access Bank to hold the AccessMavin Concert for Christmas on December 23th at Eko Boulevard at Eko Atlantic Lagos.
“It is a first of its kind,” he tells me. “It took us a long time to put together. I intend to do a show like no other. We all worked very hard over the years to think of something that will be mind-blowing not just the regular going to Eko Hotel sit on a seat. I need you to understand that it is not a banquet or reception dinner we coming to turn up. I was on YouTube some time ago, I was watching concerts around the world and people went to listen to music. They danced and not to just sit down to listen to music. That is what we want to replicate with this concert.”
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