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Tony Allen

Nigerian drummer and composer

Tony Oladipo Allen (20 July 1940 – 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the founders of the Afrobeat genre.

Fela once stated that "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat". He was described by Brian Eno as "perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived".

Later in life, Allen collaborated with Damon Albarn on several projects, including the Good, the Bad & the Queen and Rocket Juice & the Moon, as well as on Yannis & the Yaw with Yannis Philippakis.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • African Man
  • Afro KungFu Beat
  • Afro-Disco-Beat
  • Afropusherman
  • Ariya
  • Ariya (PsychejujuMix)
  • Ariya Psyche (Juju Mix)
  • Ariya Revisited
  • Arriya (Catalyst Remix)
  • Asiko
  • Asiko (In A Silent Mix)
  • Asiko Revisited
  • Bença, Balanço e Chumbo Grosso
  • Black Voices
  • Black Voices (The Funky Lowlives Remix)
  • Black Voices (We Are What We Play Mix)
  • Black Voices Revisited
  • Boat Journey
  • Calling
  • Crazy Afrobeat
  • Dance Of Loa
  • Don’t Fight
  • Eparapo
  • Every Season
  • Ewa
  • Get Together
  • Get Together Revisited
  • Go Back
  • Home Cooking
  • Jakelewah
  • Kindness
  • Koko Dance
  • Locked And Loaded
  • Locked and Loaded
  • Locked and Loaded (edit)
  • Moving On
  • On the Run
  • On the Run (edit)
  • Pusherman (Doctor L Remix)
  • The Night Watcher
  • The Night Watcher (edit)
  • The Night Watcher (instrumental / edit)
  • The Night Watcher (instrumental)
  • The Same Blood
  • The Same Blood Revisited
  • The Seed
  • The Seed (edit)
  • Tiger's Skip
  • Unforgiven
  • What's Your Fashion
  • Woman to Man
  • Yoruba Road