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Tony Allen - An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat (Hardcover): Tony Allen, Michael E. Veal

Tony Allen - An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat (Hardcover)

Tony Allen, Michael E. Veal

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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 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; 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 firsthand 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.

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Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2013
First published: September 2013
Authors: Tony Allen • Michael E. Veal
Dimensions: 161 x 242 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-5577-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > General
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > General
Books > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical
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LSN: 0-8223-5577-9
Barcode: 9780822355779

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