Tony Allen : an autobiography of the master drummer of Afrobeat
Allen, Tony, 1940-2013
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Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, and packed with telling anecdotes, Allen's memoir is based on hundreds on hours of interviews with the musician and scholar Michael E. Veal. Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. 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. Veal. It spans Allen's early years and career playing highlife music in Lagos and 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. His story conveys a love of his craft along with the specifics of his practice. It also provides invaluable first-hand 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.
Main title:
Tony Allen : an autobiography of the master drummer of Afrobeat / Tony Allen, Michael E. Veal.
Imprint:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction / Michael E. Veal 11. Right in the Center of Lagos 212. Highlife Time 363. The Sky was the Limit 474. God's Own Country 685. Swinging Like Hell! 856. Everything Scatter 1087. Progress 1288. When One Road Closes . . . 1469. Paris Blues 16210. No End to Business 175Selected References 187Index 193
ISBN:
9780822355915 (pbk)
Dewey class:
786.9092
Language:
English
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BRN:
2503322
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