RE: [acid-jazz] I *heart* Tony Allen

From: nethed (nethed@ninjatune.net)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 19:40:21 CET

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    I think its Ty from Big Dada on the Tony Allen lp as they've
    been doing some lo-key gigs around london

    http://www.ninjatune.net/live has one or two dates listed.

    At 11:54 am -0800 4/12/02, Mort, Jessica wrote:
    >Nice review Steph!!! I'll pick it up for sure!
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: steph99 [mailto:beleza@speakeasy.net]
    >Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:30 AM
    >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    >Subject: [acid-jazz] I *heart* Tony Allen
    >
    >
    >I'm happy to be the first (i think?)to mention Tony Allen's new full length
    >"Home Cooking" which has been making my heart go pitter patter for a few
    >weeks.
    >What first raised my eyebrow was the sentiment in "Kindness": "Don't take my
    >kindness for weakness" which loops in my head all the time. You know the
    >caliber of beats to expect from everyone's favorite master drummer, and the
    >depth of the songs and quality of the guest spots are deeply satisfying. I
    >have
    >a particular soft spot for Eska who makes a move on "What's Your Fashion",
    >and
    >most of the MCing is really nice and doesn't sound strained toward any
    >particular image. There's only one flinch on the thing, on the title track
    >where the line "women know your craft, men know your women" seems to have an
    >air
    >of dismissal toward the great talents of our brothers in the culinary arts
    >and
    >home kitchens. But overwhelmingly, it's deep, light in spirit, and really
    >appeals to the peace-loving sensibilities. ("Stop it! Puts your guns and
    >bullets back in your pocket.") All our world leaders really need is to have
    >a
    >big dinner together with a lovely merlot, a nice big blunt, and a copy of
    >this
    >album, and "everyting goin' to be good for you."

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