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Short film for the new Tony Allen album 'Secret Agent', featuring exclusive footage including performances of tracks from the album, new interviews, with contributions from Damon Albarn and Flea. Back to basics, it's...

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Tony Allen - Secret Agent

Tony Allen - Secret Agent from the album with the same name.

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Tony Allen - Jealousy (plays with Fela Kuti & Africa 70)

In "Jealousy." are the elements of Afrobeat... a classic rudimentary Afrobeat composition by the legendary Africa 70 drummer, TONY ALLEN. Tony initially composed this song as an instrumental and was one of the warm-up...

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Tony Allen - Secret Agent

Music video for the title track of Afrobeat legend Tony Allen's latest album 'Secret Agent'. For more info on Tony visit www.tonyallenafrobeat.com http www.facebook.com Buy the music at tinyurl.com

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TONY ALLEN - UNLIMITED PROJECT : Let the drums play - studio recording

Session d'enregistrement studio de Tony Allen le masterdrummer sur le titre "Let the music play" tiré l'album à venir UNLIMITED PROJECT "Generations", titre écrit par Kijahman et May.B et composé par Vinh Dang Tran.

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Jealousy/Progress

Dec 11, 2007

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Tony Allen Biography

Tony Oladipo Allen (born August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris. He is currently writing his autobiography "Tony Allen: Master Drummer of Afrobeat" with author/musician Michael E. Veal, who has previously written a comprehensive biography of Fela Kuti.

As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's band Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, Tony Allen was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Fela once stated that, "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat." He has also been described by Brian Eno as "perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived."

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