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Randy Weston

From: Brooklyn, United States
Active: 1926–2018
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 46

jazz
afro-jazz
gnawa
hard bop
highlife
spiritual jazz

About

Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection.

Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, whom he cited in a 2018 video as among pianists he counted as influences, as well as Count Basie, Nat King Cole, and Earl Hines. Beginning in the 1950s, Weston worked often with the trombonist and arranger Melba Liston.
Described as "America's African Musical Ambassador", Weston once said, "What I do I do because it's about teaching and informing everyone about our most natural cultural phenomenon. It's really about Africa and her music."

From Randy Weston on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.