Jazz artist Nate Smith performing in the Netherlands. Smith's song "Square Wheel" feat. Kokayi and Michael Mayo was one of Jazz Night's favorites of the first half of the year. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns hide caption
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The Essex singer Dodie. Her debut full-length, Build A Problem, tops our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 7. Parri Thomas/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jazz Night In America's 2020 In Memoriam program includes Jimmy Heath, Lee Konitz, CÃ ndido Camero, Tony Allen, Annie Ross, Freddy Cole, Gary Peacock, Henry Grimes, Wallace Roney and McCoy Tyner. Bernard Benant, Jonathan Chimene/WBGO, David Kaufman, Tom Pich hide caption
In Memoriam: 10 Jazz Artists We Lost In 2020
Drummer Tony Allen, performing at the Glastonbury Festival in England in 2010. Allen died Thursday at age 79. Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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2nd Chance (feat. Tony Allen) (Extended Club Mix)
Clockwise from upper left: Django Django, Farao, Pale Honey, The Staves, Tony Allen Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Listen: The Best Dance Tracks Of April
African drumming legend Tony Allen appears on World Cafe. Rama hide caption
Tony Allen On World Cafe
Tony Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979. Bernard Benant hide caption
Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen's latest album is titled Secret Agent. Bernard Benant hide caption
