Legendary drummer and Afrobeat star Tony Allen has died aged 79

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Tony Allen, the Nigerian drummer who helped pioneer the Afrobeat genre with his former bandmate Fela Kuti, has died, his manager has confirmed. He was 79.

Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti’s band Africa ‘70. During the 1960s and 70s, the two artists brought west African music styles like highlife together with American jazz and funk rhythms. They recorded dozens of albums together before Allen left the group after 26 years.

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