Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822355914 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Written together with Michael Veal, author of Fela Kuti’s biography, this is the most accessible Afrobeat book of them all. “Allen bring us his inspirational biography. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of West-African popular music.”
Awesome! Tony's life is an eventful and charmed life. I really enjoyed the parts that referenced Fela. I totally recommend this book. Julio Punch said Never misses a beat!. The late Fela Kuti wasn't quick to credit other musicians, but when he said "There would be no Afrobeat without Tony Allen" he meant it. It was Fela who composed the often lengthy melodies, transcribed those scorning lyrics and wrote the parts for every musician in his. Thoroughly enjoyable book even if you are not a Fela fan. I really enjoyed this book. Clear eyed and unvarnished look at Fela, Nigeria, and surprisingly America during the turbulent Sixties. Full of terrific insights. Just great reading.
His story conveys a love of his craft along with the specifics of his practice. Veal. It also provides invaluable firsthand accounts of the explosive creativity in postcolonial African music, and the personal and artistic dynamics in Fela's Koola Lobitos and Africa 70, two of the greatest bands to ever play African music.. Conversational, inviting, and packed with telling anecdotes, Allen's memoir is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the musician and scholar Michael E. Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. It spans Allen's early years and career playing highlife music in Lagos; his fifteen years with Fela, from 1964 until 1979; his struggles to form his own bands in Nigeria; and his emigration to France.Allen embraced the drum set, rather than African handheld drums, early in his career, when drum kits were relatively rare in Africa