Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - 'Rejoice'

Two years after South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela’s death, the result of his 2010 studio sessions with Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter, Tony Allen were finally released in 2020. Allen was one of the primary co-founders of Afrobeat music, and has been described by Brian Eno as "perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived”. The entire Rejoice album was recorded and mixed by producer Sonny Johns – aside from the first day of recording on the original session, where th…