caption website associated_acts years_active birth_name birth_place image_size background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
osei performing with osibisa in 2008 -lsb- http://www.osibisa.co.uk/ osibisa.co.uk -rsb- osibisa 1969 -- present francis osei kumasi , ashanti region , ghana 225 solo_singer december 1937 saxophone , flute , drums , vocals afro-pop osibisa -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg teddy osei
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teddy osei

teddy osei -lrb- born december 1937 -rrb- is a musician and saxophone player from ghana .
osei is best known as the leader of the afro-pop band osibisa , founded in 1969 .
born in kumasi , osei was introduced to musical instruments while still a child .
he began to play the saxophone while attempting to create a band with his college friends in the coastal city of sekondi .
after graduating from college , he worked as a building inspector for a year before creating a band called `` the comets . ''
the comets enjoyed brief popularity before osei traveled to london in 1962 .
he received a grant from the ghanaian government to study at a private music and drama school for three years , before being forced to leave by a regime change in ghana .
in 1969 , he founded osibisa along with several other musicians .
the band remained popular through the 1970s , before experiencing a decline , although it continues to perform today .
