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Hear a Previously Unreleased Tony Allen, Ginger Baker Drum Solo From Fela Kuti ‘Live!’ Reissue
Unearthed recording comes from Africa 70's performance at the 1978 Berlin Jazz Festival
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Hear a New Posthumous Tony Allen Track With Sampa the Great, ‘Stumbling Down’
Song will appear on the late Afrobeat drummer's album, There Is No End
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Posthumous Tony Allen Album Previewed With ‘Cosmosis’ Featuring Skepta and Ben Okri
Damon Albarn co-produced the track, which will appear on There Is No End, out in April
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6 Paths Through Jazz in 2020
In a trying year for the genre, there was still a ton of new music to explore. Here are some possible routes
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‘Tony Allen Live in London’: Watch the Late Drummer Perform in New Short Film
Short film documents drum legend's Rejoice shows
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See Tony Allen Break Down Afrobeat’s Major Drum Patterns in Unseen Doc Clip
Birth of Afrobeat filmmakers share unreleased footage following death of pioneering drummer
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Gorillaz Pay Tribute to Tony Allen With New Song ‘How Far?’
Legendary Afropop drummer as well as Skepta appear on latest "Song Machine" installment
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Afrobeat Pioneer Tony Allen: 9 Tracks That Show His Drumming Genius
We survey Allen's wide-ranging career, from early classics with Fela Kuti and Africa '70 to later team-ups like the Good, the Bad and the Queen,
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Flea Pays Homage to ‘One of the Greatest Drummers’ Tony Allen: ‘He Was and Still Is My Hero’
Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist worked with the late artist in their band with Damon Albarn, Rocket Juice & the Moon
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Tony Allen, Pioneering Afrobeat Drummer, Dead at 79
"Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat," Fela Kuti once said of legendary Africa '70 drummer
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