Legendary drummer Tony Allen loses his life at 79

The incredible pioneer Nigerian afrobeat, Drummer and music director Tony Allen, loses his life at age 79 in Paris, France, after being taken to the Georges Pompidou AP-HP European Hospital.

The Nigerian musician passed away on Thursday, April 30, according to his manager told AFP, after being hospitalized.

The exact cause of death is unknown. He was in top shape, it was quite sudden. I spoke to him at 1:00 pm and two hours later he felt ill and was transported to the Pompidou hospital, where he died, “reported Eric Trosset.

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Allen began to play the drums at 18 old as a self-taught while also working as a technician at a radio station in his hometown.

Tony recorded more than 30 albums with Kuti and his famous group Africa 70, of which the songs generally lasted more than 10 min.

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It is worth mentioning that the drummer had recently published his album Rejoice, together with Hugh Masekela and on April 28, he made a listening session of the album with his producer, Nick Gold.

In 2018 he had a collaboration with Jeff Mills, with whom he released the album Tomorrow Comes the Harvest.

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Goodbye Tony! Your eyes saw what most couldn’t see. You are the coolest person on Earth. As you used to say, ‘there is no end’, “wrote his manager on his Facebook page.

Allen is considered, along with Nigerian singer-songwriter Fela Kuti, the creator of afrobeat, a genre that mixes yoruba, jazz, funk and highlife music, which was very popular in Africa in the seventies.

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English composer, activist, singer, and music producer Brian Eno came to call it “perhaps the best battery ever“A compliment that the Nigerian musician always carried with pride.