Ozan Musluoğlu was born in Germany in 1977 and started playing bass guitar
at the age of 16. In 2000, he won a full scholarship to the Bilgi
University Music Department; and in 2001, he started his studies with Volkan
Hürsever, James Lewis and Kürşat Ant.

He has since then shared the stage with Kerem Görsev, Vanessa Rubin, Danny
Grissett, Dena Derose, Allan Harris, Tuna Ötenel, İmer Demirer, Donovan
Mixon, Erkan Oğur and Neşet Ruacan. He has done workshops with very
well-known bassists as Marc Johnson, David Friesen, Dominique Lemerie and
Robert Balzar. He had the opportunity to play with some musicians like
Marcus Miller, Roy Hargrove, Mike Stern, Willy Jones, Eric Reed, Erik Smith,
Katy Roberts, Leslie Harrison, EJ Strickland, George Colligan and Bernard
Maury in various jam sessions and club dates. Also, as bassist of the group
Athena from 2003-2008, he recorded albums and toured nationally and
internationally, including representing Turkey in the 2004 Eurovision Song
Contest where they placed 4th.

In January 2009, Ozan Musluoğlu enthusiastically released his first album
under the Rec jazz label. In addition to 6 of his own compositions, he
included Antonio Carlos Jobim's, "Ligia" in this project.

Ozan Musluoğlu played bass on the album, with Engin Recepoğulları on
saxophone, Ülkem Özsezen on piano and Ferit Odman on drums. Turkey's
leading trumpet player, İmer Demirer, was a special guest on 2 of the songs.

At the present time, Ozan Musluoğlu is bass player for the TRT jazz
orchestra lead by Neşet Ruacan, and plans to release his 2nd album in
January 2010.

2001 Bodrum Jazz Festival

2002 & 2003 Afyonkarahisar Jazz Festival

2003 Istanbul Jazz Festival

2003 Akbank Jazz Days

2004 Baku Jazz Festival

2006 Bratislava Jazz Festival

2008 Alanya Jazz Festival