Nigeria’s World-Class Saxophonist, Mike Aremu Celebrates 20 Years of Musical Excellence With A Concert.

Mike grew up in Niger state Nigeria where he was encouraged to play a musical instrument in school, from there with some basic lessons and determination by 1995 he decided to make the full transition and concentrate solely on the Saxophone.

He joined House on the Rock’s music team in 1996 having also played with the Compassion Band of the Strong Tower Mission – a charity organization.

As his confidence grew so did his reputation as a charismatic musician.

In 1999 Mike signed a record deal with Kennis music under which he released two chart-topping albums (“Dance” -1999 and “No Shaking” -2002) making a total of near 2 million copies from his first 2 Albums a record in sales for a Jazz artist.

He has also recorded two songs for the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in the United States.

To date, he has played alongside notable international artists like Kenny G, India Arie, Hugh Masakela, Najee, Bill Laurance, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Winans, Israel Houghton, Mary Mary, Fred Harmond and the likes.

He appeared at the John F Kennedy Centre, Washington DC’s main concert arena.

He has also made considerable progress in Europe, in particular, the UK where he has performed in some of UK’s principal music venues like The Barbican, Apollo London, Apollo Manchester, The Ocean, to mention but a few.

In the United Kingdom, Mike has sold out a few venues in his own concerts including the famous and prestigious jazz café, twice, and made history as one of the few Africans to ever make such landmark; London’s famous Jazz venue, Pizza Express Jazz Club and the O2 Academy, Islington. Performing before mega crowds are quite becoming normal to Mike.

He has performed 8 times at the Lagos EXPERIENCE, a concert tagged to be the world’s largest gospel music concert, attracting a crowd of over 600,000 at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos.

Mike Aremu has also performed twice at the London Festival of Life (FOL) an event that is attended by over 40,000 people at the Excel Centre, London.

He has also performed at the FOL Wales and Scotland. The Green Belt festival was also a part of a major feat for his music career as he performed to an audience of 30,000.