Tony Allen, the pioneering Afrobeat drummer whose work with Fela Kuti and Africa 70 defined a genre, has died
Allen also picked up a wide-ranging musical education on the club circuit. “
Latin American, African horns, jazz, highlife… you had to be able to play it all, because in the club they asked for it,” Allen saidHe first began performing alongside Kuti when both were sidemen. Allen then served as drummer in Kuti’s band Koola Lobitos. Initially, l isteners weren’t sure what to make of the group. “It was like a revolutionary music style coming to the country,”In addition to his work with Kuti, Allen was known for his collaborations with Albarn: Allen was a member of The Good, The Bad and the Queen alongside Albarn, the Clash’s Paul Simonon, and the Verve’s Simon Tong. That band releasing a pair of albums, a self-titled 2007 LP and 2018’s.
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