“He had his own rhythm” TONY ALLEN | 1940-2020
May 21, 2020
2 minutes
SAM RICHARDS
“Tony was one of the few complete drummers in the world”
SEUN KUTI
BORN in Lagos in 1940, Tony Allen was schooled in the jazz drumming of Art Blakey and Max Roach as well as local highlife sounds. In 1964 he joined Fela Kuti’s band Koola Lobitos, which morphed into
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