CEZAR: Artist Bio "There are some people who refuse to be boxed into any particular category, who rail against any labels, people who refuse to wear the straitjacket of conformity. People for whom the word 'genre' is anathema." This is how the Jamaica Observer chose to describe the music, style and sound of Cezar. With his genre fusing brand of reggae soul taking influences from a multi faceted spectrum, he has emerged as a truly multi dimensional and multi talented artiste. With an uncanny ability to expertly straddle the different sonic sound scapes emanating from Jamaica he has evaded simple singular description & earned a reputation for great lyric writing & a wonderful voice. ...show more

CEZAR: Artist Bio "There are some people who refuse to be boxed into any particular category, who rail against any labels, people who refuse to wear the straitjacket of conformity. People for whom the word 'genre' is anathema." This is how the Jamaica Observer chose to describe the music, style and sound of Cezar. With his genre fusing brand of reggae soul taking influences from a multi faceted spectrum, he has emerged as a truly multi dimensional and multi talented artiste. With an uncanny ability to expertly straddle the different sonic sound scapes emanating from Jamaica he has evaded simple singular description & earned a reputation for great lyric writing & a wonderful voice.

In an age of genre specialists and genre specifics, the focus in Cezar's case has shifted to him, that voice, his pen & his guitar. All the while bridging genres & perceptions of how & what Jamaican music "should" be. Born with Maroon heritage to musically inclined parents Rupert & Sonia Cunningham, Cezar's father co-founded Ashanti & Bamboo Records in London. The labels produced reggae geared towards the large West Indian population in the UK & aided in fostering & fuelling Europe's long standing love affair with Jamaican music.

At less than a year in age his family returned to Jamaica, concerned about securing their son's cultural identity. Though the marriage would dissolve by the time Cez was 3, his closeness to his parents remained & he would divide his time between them throughout childhood, spending academic months in Jamaica & holidays in Houston, Texas following his father's relocation there. Poring over his father's record collection as a child he discovered & became hooked on the sounds of Marley, Tosh, Cliff, Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Armstrong, King Cole, Redding & a myriad of others. The voices on those records were his babysitters while his father was at work, & through their stories & emotions he learned early lessons about life. ...show less