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Tony Allen

Rock music
African music
World music
Born in Lagos, Nigeria on July 20th, 1940, Tony Allen was a versatile drummer known as one of the pioneers of afrobeat music, which mixes jazz with African rhythms and a cross beat. Over many years he performed and recorded with Fela Ransome Kuti and his band Afrika 70 and later worked with British rocker Damon Albarn on his The Good, the Bad & the Queen project. He started on percussion as a teenager and played in his hometown with the highlife band Dr Victor Olaiya and the Cool Cats, Agu Norris and the Heatwaves, The Nigerian Messengers and The Melody Makers. He met Kuti in an ...
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How Far?
How Far?Gorillaz, Tony Allen and Skepta

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

2:46

Cosmosis
CosmosisSkepta, Tony Allen and Ben Okri

There Is No End

4:45

Go Back
Go BackTony Allen

Film of Life

5:38

Originators
OriginatorsMegaloh and Tony Allen

Regenmacher

Rain Can't Reach Us
Rain Can't Reach UsYannis & the Yaw, Tony Allen and Yannis

Lagos Paris London

4:57

Stumbling Down
Stumbling DownTony Allen and Sampa The Great

There Is No End

2:32

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