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    “He had his own rhythm” TONY ALLEN | 1940-2020

    May 21, 2020 2 minutes
    SAM RICHARDS
    “Tony was one of the few complete drummers in the world”
    SEUN KUTI

    BORN in Lagos in 1940, Tony Allen was schooled in the jazz drumming of Art Blakey and Max Roach as well as local highlife sounds. In 1964 he joined Fela Kuti’s band Koola Lobitos, which morphed into

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