THROWBACKTHISDAY; is Don Jazzy'S birthday.

                      

Michael Collins Ajereh (born 26 November 1982), better known as Don Jazzy, is a Nigerian multi award-winning record producer, singer-songwriter, musician, former CEO of Mo' Hits Records and current CEO of Mavin Records.

Michael Collins Ajereh was born in Umuahia. His family moved to Ajegunle city in Lagos where he was raised, and graduated fromFederal Government College Lagos.^[3] He always had a flair for music, singing and playing the drums from the age of four. He developed a passion for the bass guitar at the age of 12, he went on study Business Management at the Ambrose Alli UniversityEkpoma in Edo state.^[4] In 2000 he moved to London, UK after his Uncle invited him to come play the drums for the local Church.^[5]

Various odd jobs followed including working at McDonalds and as a security guard. Already imbued with an intimate knowledge of traditional and percussion instruments, Don Jazzy further built on his musical knowledge during his UK stint. Finding kindred spirits in the likes of Solek, JJC, Kas, The 419 squad and D'Banj, the gang would spend unrelenting hours practicing, recording and performing different types of music.

His appetite for a full-time career in music could no longer be satiated when, in 2004, he partnered with D'Banj to set up the Mo' Hits label. Within two years, the prolific producer had wrapped up two albums (No Long Thing and Rundown/Funk You Up) with his former partner and was working on a third, Curriculum Vitae. By this time, he had already started becoming a household name with the trademark intro – It's Don Jazzy Again! He also owes a lot of his production prowess to lectures from popular O'town big boy Emeka Infiniti who he worked with in mid 2000.

In 2008 there were further production credits for the best selling album of that year, The Entertainer, Don Jazzy repeated the trick with Wande Coal's Mushin 2 MoHits, an album that was described as one of the best albums to ever come out of Nigeria.

 

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 33 years and TBT Blog wishes him a happy birthday.