Afrobeat Drumming Yellow Fever 1975 – afrobeat on fire
Hello there
I recently came upon a great article about Tony’s art, it mentioned him like:
“… Tony Allen created his own, immediately identifiable musical creole, a language that redefined the sound and rhythms of the instrument across multiple genres and eras. Miles famously said that the essence of music inhabited the “space between the notes.” In a similar vein, Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn explained that what made Tony a singular musician was his ability to create space, “the space of Tony… to allow other things to inhabit the mind.” Adding a fourth axis to the three dimensions of space, Yale University Professor Michael Veal, co-author of his autobiography Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat, talks of Tony’s remarkable ability to “play with the time continuum,” in a manner would leave the listener suspended “between his high hat and his downbeat… just cast out in this parallel universe, waiting for Tony to call you back.” …
Well just like Baba Tony said “There is no end!” and I always feel like moving on my way to get the vibes and at least getting a little close to feel the beat of Master’s incomparable touché…
Here is my play-along track from my second book about afrobeat https://afrobeatdrumming.com/product/…
It consists of covering rhythm section walking by Fela Kuti’s tune Yellow Fever (1975 © – Afrodisia)
*Here is the full version of the article I mentioned above… https://www.missingpiecegroup.com/ton… Wondering how do you feel when you try to play along or simply and deeply listening with Tony’s art of drumming?