Inspiration Information - Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen

Released: 26/10/2009 Strut

The fourth volume in this series, which brings influential musicians together with those they’ve inspired, pairs afrobeat legend Tony Allen with flautist Jimi Tenor. Allen’s drum work has been central to seminal albums by the likes of Fela Kuti, while Tenor’s flagrant jazzist look is indicative of his swingin’ credentials. For more information visit: http://www.strut-records.com/node/232 Buy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002IS1402?ie=UTF8&tag=cultur00-21&linkCode=as2&ca…

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80 %

Dusted Magazine“Tony Allen has tone in his blood...” Between Tenor’s passion for pop order and backdoor affair with atonal chaos, and Allen’s relentless search for the perfect beat and deep sense of soulful melancholy, this collaboration is always intriguing and often sublime...

Guardian“Not yet reviewed”

The Times“Not yet reviewed”

80 %

The Telegraph“A heady experiment...” Tenor’s smoking neo-bebop reedwork floats over Allen’s gloriously slack grooves, with ensemble playing from Berlin-based Africans Kabu Kabu...

The Independent“Not yet reviewed”

Uncut“Not yet reviewed”

80 %

allmusic“It leaves the listener wanting more...much more...” What Inspiration Information, Vol. 4 reveals is that Allen and Tenor are not only natural collaborators, but that they should work together again -- and soon...

MusicOMH“Not yet reviewed”

Pitchfork“Not yet reviewed”

Drowned In Sound“Not yet reviewed”

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