RIP #TonyAllen. He was due to appear at the Festival this year before it was cancelled. It would no doubt have been a very special highlight for all lucky enough to attend.
We're devastated at the loss of #TonyAllen. In the words of #cheltjazzfest's Head of Programming David Gaydon, he was a "beautiful, kind and warm man" and a "phenomenal pioneering drummer whose influence spread far beyond his beloved Afrobeat genre".View quoted post on X
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