HOTTEST SIDE OF AFROBEAT

HE HAD PERFORMED, TOURED AND RECORDED ALBUMS WITH THE 2 MOST PROLIFIC NIGERIAN MUSIC LEGENDS, FELA KUTI AND KING SUNNY ADE INCLUDING FEMI KUTI, SIR SHINA PETERS AND MAJEK FASHEK.

HE IS FRONTMAN TO NEW YORK BASED AKOYA AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE, A BAND HE HELPED SHAPE AND PROPEL INTO STARDOM FOR 3 AND HALF YEARS WITH HIS ORIGINAL AFROBEAT CONCEPTS, THOUGHT PROVOKING LYRICS AND BENINO-NIGERIA RHYTHMS.

HE RECORDED AN AFROPOP CD ENTITLED <KALETA JAA> AVAILABLE AT CDBABY.COM, AMAZON.COM, TOWER RECORDS ETC.ALBUM WITH SONGS ON AFRICA # 1 RADIO CHARTS FOR WEEKS AT 2 AND 3RD POSITIONS WITH DJ JEAN JACQUES MAYI IN LIBREVILLE GABON.

HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY 4 NOMINEES AND WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL JUST PLAIN FOLKS AWARD 2004 IN THE USA FOR THE WORLD MUSIC CATEGORY. KALETA HAVE PERFORMED IN VARIOUS CLUBS AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS <zincbar, satalla, pianos, living room etc.. pls visit kaletamusic.com and akoyamusic.com for updates>.

NOW WITH HIS 13 PIECE ZOZO AFROBEAT BAND AND MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE<POLAND, AUSTRIA, CAMEROON, NIGERIA, THE US, AND LATIN AMERICAS, LEON LIGAN-MAJEK

BETTER KNOWN AS KALETA BORN IN PORTO-NOVO, REPUBLIC OF BENIN AND BRED IN LAGOS NIGERIA WITH MOTHER FROM TOGO, IT IS NOT A SURPRISE THAT KALETA SINGS IN YORUBA, GOUN, FON, FRENCH AS WELL AS PIDGIN ENGLISH<THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF AFROBEAT>.HE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED SINGER, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, GUITARIST AND PERCUSSIONIST.

ZOZO AFROBEAT IS SET TO TAKE AFROBEAT TO THE NEXT REVOLUTIONARY LEVEL.

THE MUSIC WILL MAKE YOU SPELLBOUND...THE THUNDERING PERCUSSIONS WILL MOVE A CORPSE'S TOE.

The front man of akoya afrobeat ensemble combines complex rhythms, high octane acid jazz guitar riffs to create a sound that is ostensibly afrobeat...thought that term hardly sums up about an artist who makes the very notion of genre laughable.CNET NETWORKS INC <DOWNLOAD.COM>

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