Biography
Solomon Gbadegesin Ilori is an Nigerian drummer and percussionist who moved to New York City in the late 1950s.
Before Fela Kuti was a household name there was Solomon Ilori.
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Art Blakey utilized the talents of Ilori. He embraced his heritage and began incorporating the afrocentric mentality into his own style of jazz.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.