Monday, January 10th
alone
This I could listen to all day.
Tony Allen (1940-2020, drums), live (studio), London, 2019
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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2020
Saturday, May 2nd
passings
Tony Allen, drummer, August 12, 1940–April 30, 2020
Today, remembering him, we revisit some old posts.
8/15/18
like nobody else
Tony Allen (drums), “Wolf Eats Wolf,” 2017
*****
9/23/15
Perhaps the greatest drummer ever.
Tony Allen—three takes.
Recording studio, 2009
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Paris, 2015
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Istanbul, 2015
*****
3/3/15
what you simply cannot do
Listen to this drummer without feeling lighter, livelier.
Tony Allen (drums, vocals) & Band, live, Luxembourg, 2011
*****
9/22/12
Questlove (:10-) & Tony Allen (1:25-), live, Paris, 2011
What a contrast. Questlove, focusing on power and momentum, pushes the beat. Tony lies behind it, skips ahead, lies back again, favoring suppleness and elasticity.
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, August 15th
like nobody else
Tony Allen (drums), “Wolf Eats Wolf,” 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Wednesday, October 11th
drum festival
day three
Tony Allen (drums, vocals) & Band, live, Luxembourg, 2011
2017
Friday, March 31st
what’s new
Oumou Sangaré (feat. Tony Allen, drums), “Yere Faga,” 3/30/17
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reading table
First cherry blossoms
just came out
pretty good day!—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Young
2016
Thursday, June 30th
No matter how I’m feeling—up, down, whatever—he makes me feel better.
Tony Allen (1940-), drummer
Live, Paris, 2015
#1
#2
*****
Live (with Oghene Kologbo & World Squad), Brussels, 2014
*****
Interview, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill. (Roscoe, my granddog)
2016
Monday, June 20th
what’s new
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Tony Allen, drums, et al.)
“Bade Zile,” 2016
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reading table
We don’t want him thinking too much.
—Cubs pitcher John Lackey on rookie catcher Wilson Contreras’s first start tonight, following last night’s home run in his first big-league plate appearance—on the first pitch
2015
Wednesday, September 23rd
drum fest
day three
Perhaps the greatest drummer ever.
Tony Allen—three takes.
Recording studio, 2009
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Paris, 2015
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Istanbul, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
opening the window
I see the butterfly off . . .
into the field—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2014
Monday, March 3rd
what you simply cannot do
Listen to this drummer without feeling lighter, livelier.
Tony Allen (drums, vocals) & Band, live, Luxembourg, 2011
2012
Saturday, 9/22/12
Questlove (:10-) & Tony Allen (1:25-), live, Paris, 2011
What a contrast. Questlove, focusing on power and momentum, pushes the beat. Tony lies behind it, skips ahead, lies back again, favoring suppleness and elasticity.
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