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- Artist(s): Tony Allen
- Summary: The 18th Jazz Is Dead release features recordings of Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen from the summer of 2018 and was produced and mixed by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
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- Record Label: Jazz Is Dead
- Genre(s): Jazz, Funk, Neo-Psychedelia, International, West African, African Traditions, Alternative R&B, Afro-beat, Jazz-Funk, Nigerian, Electric Jazz, Left-Field Rap
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Jul 6, 2023JID018 is an absolutely simmering set, with one of Afrobeat's creators showing us how it's done once again.
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Jul 6, 2023We have one of the best in their series, one that sounds like one infectiously grooving continuous track.
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Classic Rock MagazineAug 29, 2023Allen provides a genre-defining pulse. [Sep 2023, p.81]
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Sep 12, 2023There are moments that remind one of Allen’s ’70s work, but much of it is its own beast, being more of a piece with previous Jazz Is Dead releases by ’70s legends like Jackson, Lonnie Liston Smith, and Roy Ayers.
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UncutJul 6, 2023Younge and his horn octet create some fine pastiche of Fela Kuti's Egypt 90 band around Allen's beats. [Aug 2023, p.23]
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MojoJul 6, 2023Coming in at just 28 minutes. .... But the grand old man of Afrobeat is on fine form throughout, challenging the horns and bass to follow his lead. [Aug 2023, p.83]
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