TONY ALLEN & Jojo KUO UnCensored DRUMMING AFROBEAT ICONS

TONY OLADIPO ALLEN AFROBEAT ICON WORLD Drummer for FELA Download FREE COPYof this show click the LIKE tabLIVE uncensored DRUMMING concert footage w KOLOGBO,Joseph KUO, AFROBEATNET@Poisson Rouge, April 2011  The drummer music director of the late Fela Kuti's band, Africa 70. Tony Allen  helped create the sounds of Afro-beat. Allen has refused to remain stagnant, incorporating dub and avant-garde hip-hop influences into his modern African ance music.A self-taught musician, Allen began to play drums at the age of 18 while working as a technician for a Nigerian radio station.  Although they had known each other since the early '60s, when they performed on the Nigerian music circuit with different bands, Allen & Kuti began playing American-style jazz together in 1964. Allen and Kuti began reaching out to an international audience. A few months later, while touring North America for the first time, Allen was introduced to the music of James Brown, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. Despite critical acclaim, the group faced numerous obstacles, including financial difficulties, racial discrimination, and political oppression.  Allen continued to play with his group Lagos until emigrating to Europe in 1984. After temporarily living in London, he settled in France the following year and worked as a session drummer for such transplanted African musicians as Ray Lema and Manu DiBango, and released N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) in 1985.2006 saw a return to his Afro-Beat roots with Lagos No Shaking, which was recorded in the Nigerian city it