Thursday, March 17, 2016

Tony Allen in concert in Rome


Jazz drummer Tony Allen in concert in Rome 15/03/2016. 

Nigerian-born Tony Allen played in Rome’s Monk Club.  Allen, who was born in 1940, is a jazz drummer whose current work is in honor of another great drummer, Art Blakey.   

Allen’s work also dates back to his meeting in the 1970s with African superstar Fela Kuti.  For his Rome concert Allen was joined on stage by three musicians, Jean-Phillip Dary on piano, Matthias Allamane on bass and an awesome Jowee Omicil on sax and flute. 



(Allen's great sax-flute player, Jowee Omicil)
 



(Tony Allen, still drumming away at age 76!)
















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