Tony Allen

For International Jazz Day, The Checkout features Michael Veal and Joe Armon-Jones in a tribute to Afrobeat drumming legend Tony Allen, one year after his passing.

If you’ve been a jazz fan for any length of time, you know farewells are an essential part of the deal.But this was a harder year than most, as the…

Tony Allen was one of the founders of the deep-grooved Afrobeat style — alongside his musical collaborator, Fela Kuti. The drummer died Wednesday evening in Paris of a heart attack.

Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela, “We’ve Landed”Hugh Masekela, the South African trumpeter and freedom fighter, had a long and friendly acquaintance with Tony…

From the beginning, America's oldest jazz fête strove for a breadth of style. George Wein, the festival's cofounder and patriarch, used to say he wanted…

Tony Allen, “Wolf Eats Wolf”Tony Allen, the great Nigerian drummer, made his Blue Note Records debut this spring with A Tribute to Art Blakey, a digital…