Born in Uganda Kaz Kasozi is an artist who has horned his craft working with musicians and bands playing different genres of music from around the world since the age of sixteen.
He started music singing choral and traditional songs in his school’s performance troop in his home country of Uganda. In 1989 he moved to England where he got more freedom to express himself and opportunities to study music.
In the new free environment Kaz discovered his artistic voice and started to learn the piano and cello. On leaving school at sixteen he sought musical knowledge from self-teaching books and proceeded to teach himself the guitar, drums and bass guitar and later African percussion in particular Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian rhythms.
He joined several funk soul and world fusion bands on the London live circuit as pianist, keyboard player, bassist, percussionist and backing vocalist. He has performed with legends such as Peewee Ellis and Congolese World music star Papa Wemba. He has performed at prominent venues such as the Jazz cafe National Theatre Momo’s to mention but a few in London and Cafe Alto in Amsterdam & the Zenith in Paris.
In 1998 he released his debut album The Quest. At this point he started to produce work for various World music artists and worked as a sound engineer for studios and live shows. To date Kaz has produced and/or arranged music for more than 30 artists. He has been credited on 67 World fusion releases. He has worked as music director for several bands and solo acts at venues such as the National Theatre the Royal Festival Hall (London) and the Zenith in Paris and has also run multi-cultural World music & multi-media workshops in schools in and around London.
Presently Kaz works as a freelance producer arranger workshop leader and new digital-media artist alongside developing a career as a world fusion solo performer. Naked and Blue was released by the independent label Madhead Kitchen.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
