PROFILES:
BEZ IDAKULA is a natural performer with a charismatic and playful stage presence, Bez has already opened for international sensations, Asa, Maxwell, Angie Stone and Yvonne Chaka Chaka amongst others; he has the singular honour of being the first African artiste to premiere a music video on BET International’s 106 & Park (“That Stupid Song”); Bez performed alongside Kenyan, Ethiopian, South African artistes at the Africa Leadership Network Annual Gathering in Addis Ababa; and was a guest panelist at the Harvard Business School Africa Business Conference in March 2012. Bez and his band performed two concerts on the Spinlet- All Africa Showcase at the 2012 SXSW musical festival in Austin, TX, opening for Seun Kuti and Blitz the Ambassador.
More on Bez at www.bezworld.com or via www.twitter.com/@bezidakula; http://www.facebook.com/bezfanpage.
IMOLEAYO BALOGUN is a renowned and international Lagos based Jazz Saxophonist, Vocalist concert performer, Composer, Arranger, Musicologist and Music Educator. He studied music at the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) and the University of Education WINNEBA, Ghana. His musical certification include; Muson Grade 8 theory of Music, Trinity Guildhall London Grade 8 theory of Music and Associated Board of Royal school of Music (ABRSM) Grade 8 theory of Music, Muson Grade 8, ABRSM Grade 8 and DipABRSM, all in saxophone playing. He studied saxophone techniques with Peter King at Peter King College of Music and Lt. (RTD) Abayomi Odujobi at the Musical Society of Nigeria... He won the MUSON best Jazziest and best Saxophonist in 2010, and has featured in several TV live shows which include KRUZZIN on Galaxy TV, WAZOBIA PLUS on MITV and OWURO LAWA on LTV 8 etc.
