Tony Allen | |
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Allen at Oslo Jazzfestival 2015 | |
Background information | |
Sunan haihuwa | Tony Oladipo Allen |
Born |
-07-20)20 Yuli 1940 Lagos, British Nigeria |
Mutuwa |
30 Afrilu 2020 Paris, France | (shekaru 79)
Genre (en) | |
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Kayan kida |
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Years active | 1968–2020 |
Tony Oladipo Allen (an haife Shi 20 ga watan Yulin a shikara 1940 - 30 ga Afrilu 2020) ya kasance dan Najeriya da Faransa mai bugawa, mawaki, kuma marubucin waka wanda ya zauna kuma ya yi aiki a Paris, Faransa . Allen ya kasance mai bugawa da kuma darektan kida na Ƙungiyar Fela Kuti ta Afirka '70 daga 1968 zuwa 1979, kuma yana daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa nau'in Afrobeat. Fela sau da ya bayyana cewa "ba tare da Tony Allen ba, ba za a sami Afrobeat ba". Brian Eno ya bayyana shi a matsayin "watakila mafi girman mawaki wanda ya taba rayuwa".[1] [2] [3] [4]
Daga baya a rayuwa, Allen ya yi aiki tare da Damon Albarn akan ayyuka da yawa, ciki har da Gorillaz, the Good, the Bad & the Queen da Rocket Juice & Moon. An rubuta aikin Allen da rayuwarsa a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa na 2013 Tony Allen: Jagoran Drummer na Afrobeat, wanda aka rubuta tare da Michael E. Veal, wanda a baya ya rubuta cikakken tarihin rayuwar Fela Kuti.[5] [6]