Saxophonist, singer and bandleader whose fusions of highlife and American styles helped transform Nigerian musicThe bandleader, songwriter, singer, saxophonist and keyboard player Orlando Julius, who has died aged 78, helped to transform the Nigerian music scene in the 1960s with highly commercial, ground-breaking fusions that influenced Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat.He … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian