THE NIGERIAN ALL STARS FEATURING KUNLE AYO

Afro-jazz guitarist, singer and composer Kunle has got it all: He is a wizard on guitar.

During 2001 Kunle toured Europe, North Africa and South America. The musician left his homeland of Nigeria for South Africa in June 2002 to set up his career as a solo artist.

Aptly, Kunle describes this time as “a milestone in my life”. Kunle has played his way into all South Africa’s best jazz clubs. In 2004 he collaborated with the famous Indian classical musician Kala Ramnath. His second album Beyond Borders won a Kora Award as the Best Male Artist from West Africa and a Channel O Award in 2005 for Best Jazz Video. The music on Kúnlé’s newest DVD is drawn from his two albums – Beyond Borders and Sincerely Yours and remains one of Africa’s most distinctive and captivating artists.

Nigerian All Star band members are Adekunle Ayodeji Odutayo (aka Kúnlé Ayo; lead guitar), Ayo Solanke (saxophone), Olufemi (saxophone), Ola (saxophone), John Adesheun Karonwi (keyboard player), Alex Samuel (keyboard), Olusegun Gabriel Olusi (bass player), Victor Akaninyene Okon (drummer) and Isreal Idowu Ajagbe (talking drums).

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