And a tragic story at that:

>Coleman died homeless and destitute in 2006. It was unlikely he was aware of the impact he had made on music. Neither he [band leader Spencer] nor Coleman received royalties for the break.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

great deep dive into the Amen break. this video is from the yt days of yore, nice to see the yt algo still propping it up.