The Afrobeat planet is in mourning. Virtuoso drummer and inventor of Afrobeat with Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician Tony Allen has passed away in Paris, where he lived. A musician who made us dance and soar, an artist who inspired so many others, a drummer of a thousand secrets.
Decca France, the label he had been signed with for 4 years, is making the vinyls of his last 3 projects available again:
- His very personal tribute to his hero, American jazz icon Art Blakey.
- His most jazz album ever recorded, The Source.
- The retro-futuristic concept project with Jeff Mills, Tomorrow Comes The Harvest.