Where to Start With Afrobeat Pioneer Tony Allen, One of the Greatest Drummers Ever

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Gorillaz have shared the fourth song from their Song Machine series. "How Far?" features London grime king Skepta and the iconic Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, who died last week. The song “was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being shared immediately as a tribute to the spirit of a great man, Tony Allen,” the band said in a statement to press over the weekend.

By Jordan Moreau

Gorillaz are paying tribute to late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen with the release of the band's new song "How Far?""The track was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being shared immediately as a tribute to the spirit of a great man, Tony Allen," Gorillaz said in a statement Saturday (May 2).Allen, a longtime friend and music collaborator of Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, is also featured on the track. Allen and Albarn were bandmates in Good, the Bad and the Queen.

The track is Damon Albarn's most recent collaboration with Allen

He was considered one of the world’s best and greatest drummers. Yes, we are talking about Tony Allen. The legendary Nigerian drummer who also co-founded the popular Afrobeat genre breathed his last on Wednesday evening. He was 79 and died of a heart attack in Paris as revealed by his manager Eric Trosset which also clarifies his death has no link to Coronavirus. Tony had collaborated with another noted musician Fela Kuti and was a part of the latter’s band Africa ’70.

LAGOS — Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said.

Tony Allen, drummer, Fela Kuti collaborator and celebrated innovator of the Afrobeat genre, has died. He was 79.

The pair made some music together that will "hopefully see the light of day soon"

Recorded live in Pisa in autumn 2019

The legendary percussionist is considered a co-founder of the Afrobeat genre

Tony Allen, a celebrated innovator of the Afrobeat genre, died on Thursday (April 30) in Paris. He was 79 years old.