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Coldcut + Tony Allen and African Artists = Studio Electricity
Keleketla! is a studio assemblage of musicians from four continents, creating thoroughly hybridized music with African voices up front. -
Tony Allen, Drummer Who Created the Beat of Afrobeat, Dies at 79
With the Nigerian bandleader Fela and later on his own, he merged West African styles with American jazz and funk, reaching listeners worldwide.