Jaigbade Alao (1903 – March 20, 2023) whose birth name is Muhammad Àmínù Kúrángà was a Nigerian musician from the North Central part of Nigeria.
[3] Alao was born in the year 1903 to the Bàbá Òyó Compound in the Òkè -Anífowóse segment of Pàkátà area of Ilorin.
However, unlike all other children in Ilorin who went to Arabic school right from their childhood days, Alao began Arabic school at a late age where he learnt from Islamic scholars such as: Mahmud Ibadi-Ori Dahood Abdulmajeed, Alfanla Shaykh Usman Baba Pakata and Shaykh Yusuf Kofoworola Agbaji.
Alao has 47 albums which include: Kama Seyi Lasemo, Eiye Ogongo, Moriba Mokun, Egbe Owodunnu, Orin Oye, Alhaji Yahaya Agbeyangi, Ladimeji Igbaja, Orimi Jenla Jenlowo, Owo Lafi Saiye, Egbe Owo Koniran, Oba Alabi, Imoru Ikoyi Eleni, Gbenle Esa Ojo, Ire Ni Temi among others.
In 1991, Alao was turbanned as the King of Songs (Oba Olorin) by the late Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Zulu Karnaini Gambari, and received an honorary doctorate degree in Music from Kwara State University in 2018.