Fela Kuti - My Lady Frustration - UMI
Fela Kuti - Black Man's Cry - Shanachie
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit - Wrasse
Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers - Africa Center Of The World - M.I.L.
Tony Allen - Don't Fight - Nocturne
Tony Allen, Damon Albarn & Ty - Every Season - Nocturne
Tony Allen And Friends - One Tree - Honest Jon's
Tony Allen And Friends - Ole - Honest Jon's
Toronto Treasures
Tony Allen
Honest Jon's, Nigeria
Fela once said that without Tony Allen, he'd need four drummers at once. Of course, the style we know as afrobeat wouldn't sound anything like it without Tony Allen. A true intuitive pioneer, Mr Allen managed to mix the brevity and snap of jazz drumming by the likes of Art Blakey, Max Roach, and Guy Warren, with the deep extended forms of African rhythms from highlife, and yoruba. The musical conversation between Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks and Tony Allen is still being felt today, having influenced practically every new genre of dance music the '70s onwards. Still flipping poly-rhythms today, Tony works with artists like TY and Damon Albarn, as well as inspiring remixes of his music from producers like Carl Craig, Waajeed and Basic Channel's Moritz von Oswald. The original Mr Up Side Down.
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Tony Allen on MySpace
Download the podcast of the artist's lecture session at the Red Bull Music Academy here.
Lecture Session with Tony Allen
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Tony Allen - The Beat That Made The Earth Stand Still
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