アフロビート創始者の名ドラマー Tony Allenが亡くなったことが明らかになった。享年79歳。
Tony Allenは、1940年8月12日生まれ、ナイジェリア ラゴス出身のドラマー／作曲家。同じくナイジェリア出身のマルチ・ミュージシャンで人権運動家でもあるFela Kutiと活動を共にし、ファンクやジャズの要素を組み込んだアフリカ音楽であるアフロビートを創造した。
ジャンル、世代を問わず多くの人々からリスペクトされたTony Allenへ追悼の意を表明するため、RED HOT CHILI PEPPERSのFleaは、Instagramに長文を添えて投稿。GORILLAZは、Tony Allen参加の新曲“How Far?”を公開している。
The epic Tony Allen, one of the greatest drummers to ever walk this earth has left us. What a wildman, with a massive, kind and free heart and the deepest one-of-a-kind groove. Fela Kuti did not invent afrobeat, Fela and Tony birthed it together. Without Tony Allen there is NO afrobeat. I was lucky enough to spend many an hour with him, holed up in a London studio, jamming the days away. It was fucking heavenly. He was and still is, my hero. I wanted to honor his greatness so much when we played together, and I was nervous when we started, but he made me laugh like a two year old, and we fell right into pocket. I lit up like a Christmas tree every time I knew we were about to lay down some rhythm. With Tony’s longtime musical collaborator, friend and champion, Damon Albarn, we jammed til the cows came home. We partied in Nigeria, we partied around Europe, and it was always about the music. Just grooving high, grooving deep. Tony Allen I love you, I’m so grateful to have had the chance to rock with you. God bless your beautiful soul.
Flea(@flea333)がシェアした投稿 -
Gorillaz – How Far? Ft. Tony Allen & Skepta
心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。
