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Orlando Julius
Afrobeat saxophonist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader Orlando Julius was born
Orlando Julius Aremu Olusanya Ekemode in 1943 in Ikole, Nigeria. As a child, he
learned to play drums and would accompany his mother as she sang and danced.
After graduating high school and the death of his father, he relocated to Ibadan
to pursue a musical career. He first began playing drums or flute with local
musicians. He joined bands led by highlife musicians Jazz Romero and Rex
Williams, teaching himself to play the saxophone by listening to records by
horn-based musical acts. In 1960, he join...
