Dairo I K

Dairo I K
▪ 1997

      Nigerian musician and composer who—as leader from 1957 of the 10-piece Morning Star Orchestra (later renamed the Blue Spots)—brought new life and international popularity to Yoruban juju music by introducing a broad range of rhythms, such instruments as the electric guitar and the accordion, and other innovative elements; in 1963 he was the first African musician to be created MBE (b. 1930—d. Feb. 7, 1996).

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