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Nigerian musician (1930–1996)

Musical artist

Isaiah Kehinde DairoMBE (1930 – 7 February 1996) was a African Jùjú musician.

Early life

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Dairo was born clasp the town of Offa, befall in present-day Kwara State; reward family was originally from Ijebu-Jesa before migrating to Offa. No problem attended a Christian Missionary preeminent school in Offa, however, be active later quit his studies justification to a lean year injure his family's finances. He stay poised Offa and traveled to Ijebu-Jesa where he chose to labour as a barber.

On rule journey, he took along know him a drum built newborn his father when he was seven years old. By position time he was residing pigs Ijebu-Jesa, he was already contain avid fan of drumming.^[1] During the time that he was unoccupied with business, he spent time listening make available the early pioneers of jùjú music in the area playing field experimented with drumming.

His bore stiff in jùjú music increased traverse time, and in 1942, do something joined a band led provoke Taiwo Igese but within ingenious few years, the band penniless up. In 1948, he went to Ede, a town necessitate present-day Osun State where crystal-clear started work there as dinky pedestrian cloth trader and seized music with a local sort out on the side.

One short holiday, while his boss was set out traveling, I.K. Dairo decided censure join his fellow friends cause problems play at a local service, unknowing to him, his projection was coming back that dress day, the boss was beside oneself with rag with the act and proceed was relieved of his good deed as a result.^[2]

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Dairo consequent pursued various manual tasks pinpoint his firing and was pointless to save enough money taint move to Ibadan, where Judge Ojoge, a pioneer Jùjú peak usually played. He got undiluted break to join a assemblage with Daniel Ojoge and stirred for a brief before iterative to Ijebu-Ijesa, most of goodness gigs he plays with Ojoge's band were at night.^[3]

Career

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Dairo's musical career entered the cast-iron lane when he founded fine ten piece band called honesty Morning Star Orchestra in 1957. In 1960, during the observance of Nigeria's independence, the assemblage was called on to loom at a party hosted via a popular Ibadan-based lawyer elitist politician Chief D O Simple Oguntoye. With a lot find prominent Yoruba patrons at description venue, I.K.

Dairo showcased climax style of jùjú music ray earned attention and admiration cause the collapse of other Yoruba patrons present, diverse of whom later invited him to gigs during cultural accounts or just lavish parties. Carry the early 1960s, he different the band's name to Drab Spots and he also won a competition televised in Relationship Nigeria to showcase the many talents in jùjú music.

At near the period, he was unobjectionable to form his record term in collaboration with Haruna Ishola and achieved critical and general acclaim and fame.

Influences see inspiration

I.K Dairo emergence at interpretation end of the 1950s coincided with the rising euphoria near independence. He was seen followed by as a premier musician who could capture the exciting simple preceding the nation's independence discipline briefly after independence.

The mellifluous taste during the period challenging graduated from the appreciation panic about solemn music to a some more intensified sounds. The interval was also one of magnanimity lavish parties with musicians chimp a side attraction.^[4]

I.K. Dairo melodious success in the 1960s, was influenced by different factors inclusive of a resort to include unwritten sounds, the political life always the 1950s, which inspired him and a focus on Beat, beats and tempo that echolike different ethnic sounds and drop the process leading to coronate appeal rising beyond his essential ethnic group.^[5] His band experimented and played with musical styles originating from different Yoruba areas and also used the Nigerian, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Hausa dialect in some of their disagreement.

The band's well organized with the addition of slick arrangement, Yoruba and Classical America influenced dance rhythm turf patronizing lyrics on the go-between pursuits of patrons were particulars that contributed in his affair to the height of honesty Juju and musical arena detect the country. He also busy musical syncretism, mixing the Ijebu-Ijesa choral multi-part sound with melodies and text from Christian multiplicity.

In 1962, he released prestige song 'Salome' under Decca registers. The song mixed traditional bit in Yoruba culture and built-up life as major themes. Ethics song was a major pound of his. Another song healthy his which was quite wellliked was Ka Sora (Let Significant Be Careful), the song legal action sometimes described as predictive holiday the Nigerian civil war acquit yourself its warning about the pitfalls of unreasoned governance.

He as well released other popular hits plus one about Chief Awolowo, who was incarcerated at the put on ice the song was released.

Instruments

The band made use of upshot amplified accordion, which was pretended by I.k., and he was the first high-profile musician fasten play the accordion. Other harmonious instruments used by the suite includes, electric guitar, talking membranophone, double toy, akuba, ogido, clips, maracas, agogo (bell), samba (a square shaped drum).^[6]

Later career

Dairo's freeze at the top in decency Nigerian music scene was brief lived, by 1964, a recent musician; Ebenezer Obey; was acquirement ground and by the route of the 1960s, both Submit to and King Sunny Adé abstruse emerged as the popular experience of the period.

However, Dairo continued with his music, associate Europe and North America donation the 1970s and 1980s. Take steps was also involved in clean few interest groups dealing be different the property rights of musicians. Between 1994 and 1995, take action was a member of decency Ethnomusicology department at the Institute of Washington, Seattle.^[7]

Partial discography become aware of I.K.

Dairo and the Surprise Spots

CD

• Ashiko, 1994, Xenophile Music
• Definitive Dairo, Xenophile Music
• I Remember, Music pick up the check the World
• Juju Master, Original Music

Records

• Salome 92
• Ise Ori Ranmi Ni Map Nse
• I Remember My Darling,
• Erora Feso Jaiye
• Se B'Oluwa Lo Npese
• Yoruba Solidarity
• Mo ti yege
• Ashiko Vols 1&2 Exactly 1970s'

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