ALLEN, Tony - The Source - Vinyl (gatefold 2xLP)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Tony ALLEN The Source(gatefold 2xLP) Blue Note
Cat: 576833 6. Rel: 18 Sep 17
Jazz
Side 1 - Track 1. Moody Boy Side 1 - Track 2. Bad Roads Side 1 - Track 3. Cruising Side 2 - Track 1. On Fire Side 2 - Track 2. Woro Dance Side 2 - Track 3. Tony's Blues Side 3 - Track 1. Wolf Eats Wolf Side 3 - Track 2. Cool Cats Side 4 - Track 1. Push & Pull Side 4 - Track 2. Ewajo Side 4 - Track 3. Life Is Beautiful
Tony Allen is on record as saying that The Source, his first album on iconic jazz label Blue Note, is the best recording he's made. Given his length of service and vast discography, that's a bold claim. Certainly, it's a fine album, with the legendary drummer and his selected musicians - mostly jazz players from Paris, plus a Cameroonian guitarist and previous Allen collaborator Damon Albarn on one cut - effortlessly blur the boundaries between Afrobeat and the kind of jazz pioneered by Allen's percussion heroes Art Blakey and Max Roach. It's a brilliant hybrid that fits Allen's unique style of drumming like a glove, and there's no doubt that the former Fela Kuti sticks-man is the real star of the show.
