Tony Allen 1940-2020

The Soup Nazi · 05.01.2020, 03:34 AM

This time COVID-19 didn't intervene, but damn this hurts.

https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNRFoyTldzeEVnSmxiaWdBUA E?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Allen_(musician)

NYCgaf16 · 05.01.2020, 07:40 AM

WF!? is 2016 happening again?

The Soup Nazi · 05.01.2020, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by NYCgaf16

WF!? is 2016 happening again?

And remember how that year ended?

g. · 05.01.2020, 08:21 AM

Tragic loss. Incredible musician and man.

The Soup Nazi · 05.07.2020, 01:08 AM

From The Wire:

How pedals and hi-hats revolutionised Afrobeat. Tony Allen tells all to Francis Gooding
February 2016

Tony Allen talks about his and Fela Kuti's early group Koola Lobitos, four-limbed drumming, the necessity of hi-hats to Afrobeat, his favourite jazz drummers, and how Black Panther Sandra Isidore politicised Fela. Interview by Francis Gooding

The Soup Nazi · 05.13.2020, 10:48 PM

From The Wire:

Tony Allen 1940–2020

"The truth is that Tony could keep better time than any drum machine, but his emigration to Europe coincided with the increasing mechanisation of dance music." Allen's biographer and some time musical collaborator Michael Veal traces the ever evolving work of the heart-steady Afrobeat drummer

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The Soup Nazi invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Del Boca Vista Posts: 18,302	From The Wire: How pedals and hi-hats revolutionised Afrobeat. Tony Allen tells all to Francis Gooding February 2016 Tony Allen talks about his and Fela Kuti's early group Koola Lobitos, four-limbed drumming, the necessity of hi-hats to Afrobeat, his favourite jazz drummers, and how Black Panther Sandra Isidore politicised Fela. Interview by Francis Gooding __________________ GADJI BERI BIMBA GLANDRIDI LAULI LONNI CADORI GADJAM A BIM BERI GLASSALA GLANDRIDI E GLASSALA TUFFM I ZIMBRA
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The Soup Nazi invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Del Boca Vista Posts: 18,302	From The Wire: Tony Allen 1940–2020 "The truth is that Tony could keep better time than any drum machine, but his emigration to Europe coincided with the increasing mechanisation of dance music." Allen's biographer and some time musical collaborator Michael Veal traces the ever evolving work of the heart-steady Afrobeat drummer __________________ GADJI BERI BIMBA GLANDRIDI LAULI LONNI CADORI GADJAM A BIM BERI GLASSALA GLANDRIDI E GLASSALA TUFFM I ZIMBRA
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