Sad Sad News – Tony Allen Died
Progenitor of Afrobeat drumming, the unbelieveably funky, Tony Allen has sadly died at age 79. I was lucky enough to see Allen live several times. Go in peace.
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Tony Allen tribute to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
This is brilliant. Tony Allen is releasing an album of Jazz Messenger tunes played in his own inimitable style. It’s fantastic. Listen on Spotify – Tony Allen tribute to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and watch this live show….
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This Is The Second Groove Of Afrobeat According To Tony Allen
Having watched the whole Tony Allen Masterclass wot I posted about here yesterday, there are two beats drummers need to know and you’re OK with Afrobeat. The first one I wrote about in this post – jtd.hairyrobot.co.uk/this-is-the-first-afrobeat-drum-groove-according-to-tony-allen/ So I’ll call…
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Full Tony Allen Masterclass on YouTube
Wow, this is brilliant, an hour long masterclass with Tony Allen giving loads of detail about his playing style and approach to music. Wonderful, wonderful. What a treat.
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Afrobeat Drumming – Beats Of Tony Allen, Book Review
OK, I think it’s obvious by now that I’m really in to the drumming of Tony Allen and Afrobeat in general. When I got into Afrobeat, I looked for teaching materials to help me develop my Afrobeat chops. There weren’t…
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Developing Coordination With Afrobeat Drumming Pt. 4
This is the final post of a four part series of exercises to help develop your coordination with Afrobeat drumming inspired by Tony Allen’s first Afrobeat groove.
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Developing Coordination With Afrobeat Drumming Pt. 3
If you haven’t seen them already, Check out part 1 and part 2. So let’s continue to develop our coordination with Tony Allen’s first groove of Afrobeat. Now that we can play a bunch of different ride and snare patterns,…
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Developing Coordination With Afrobeat Drumming
I’ve been spending a fair amount of time working on my Afrobeat chops. I’ve been listening to a lot of Fela Kuti and his artistic descendants such as Antibalas and Abayomi Afrobeat Orquestra. I am slowly starting to grasp the…
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Tony Allen Interview On The Trap Set Podcast – “My Drumming Is Complicated”
Check out The Trap Set podcast and this great interview with Tony Allen – www.thetrapset.net/052-tony-allen-fela-kuti-afrika-70-solo-artist-rocket-juice-and-the-moon-team/. There isn’t all that much by way of Tony Allen talking about stuff, drum related or otherwise out yonder in the cyber-ether-netverse so I greatly…
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Drum Intro For Tony Allen’s Go Back From His Latest Album
Damon Albarn is a pretty lucky guy since his rock star status allows him to play with musicians of the calibre of Tony Allen. Having said that, he’s quite good at songwriting and Go Back from the album Film Of…
