Tony Allen

Informationen zum Autor Tony Allen, a major African musician and world-class drum-set player, was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1940 and has lived in Paris since 1985. Allen is best known as Fela Kuti's supremely talented sideman. After leaving Fela's band Africa 70 in 1979, Allen went on to establish a successful career as an independent musician. During his five decades behind the drum set, he has toured the globe and collaborated with musicians from King Sunny Adé to Ginger Baker to Damon Albarn.Michael E. Veal is a musician and Professor of Music and African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon. Klappentext Tony Allen, a major African musician and world-class drum-set player, was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1940 and has lived in Paris since 1985. Allen is best known as Fela Kuti's supremely talented sideman. After leaving Fela's band Africa 70 in 1979, Allen went on to establish a successful career as an independent musician. During his five decades behind the drum set, he has toured the globe and collaborated with musicians from King Sunny Adé to Ginger Baker to Damon Albarn.Michael E. Veal is a musician and Professor of Music and African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon. "Tony Allen is an engaging person, an important musical figure during a dynamic era in African music, and a major contributor in the creation of an influential musical genre. He and Fela Kuti emerge in his portrayal as dedicated musical seekers who continually struggled to develop and protect their art. Allen's memoir is an exceptional achievement that will make readers wish to have been there with them to live it all again."--John M. Chernoff, percussionist, ethnographer, author Zusammenfassung Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen! the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Michael E. Veal 1 1. Right in the Center of Lagos 21 2. Highlife Time 36 3. The Sky was the Limit 47 4. God's Own Country 68 5. Swinging Like Hell! 85 6. Everything Scatter 108 7. Progress 128 8. When One Road Closes . . . 146 9. Paris Blues 162 10. No End to Business 175 Selected References 187 Index 193...

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Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.

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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction / Michael E. Veal 1

1. Right in the Center of Lagos 21
2. Highlife Time 36
3. The Sky was the Limit 47
4. God's Own Country 68
5. Swinging Like Hell! 85
6. Everything Scatter 108
7. Progress 128
8. When One Road Closes . . . 146
9. Paris Blues 162
10. No End to Business 175
    Selected References 187
    Index 193