RANDY WESTON   MOSAIC SELECT
CD   2003  Mosaic select 004   3CD set


Original albums:

        LITTLE NILES

        LIVE AT THE FIVE SPOT

        PIANO A LA MODE

        UHURU AFRIKA

        HIGHLIFE

LITTLE NILES      liner notes
 

recorded   October   1958   | real | wm |  
New York  USA

Randy Weston piano
Ray Copeland trumpet
Idrees Sulieman trumpet
Melba Liston trombone
Johnny Griffin tenor sax
Jamil Nasser bass
Charlie Persip drums

Melba Liston arranger
Jack Lewis  producer
Ray Hall  engineer

CD 1
  1   Earth Birth   (Weston)
  2   Little Susan   (Weston)
  3   Nice Ice   (Weston)
  4   Little Niles   (Weston)
  5   Pam’s Waltz   (Weston)
  6   Babe’s Blues   (Weston)
  7   Let’s Climb A Hill   (Weston)

LIVE AT THE FIVE SPOT     liner notes

 

recorded   October 26  1959   | real | wm |  
New York  USA

Randy Weston piano
Kenny Dorham trumpet
Coleman Hawkins tenor sax
Wilbur Little bass
Clifford Jarvis drums
Roy Haynes drums
Brock Peters vocal

Melba Liston arranger

CD 1
  8   Hi Fly   (Weston)
  9   Beef Blues Stew   (Weston)
10   Star Crossed Lovers (B.Strayhorn / D.Ellington)
11   Spot Five Blues (Weston / K. Dorham)
12   Lisa Lovely   (Weston)
13   Where   (Weston)

PIANO A LA MODE     liner notes

recorded  Spring     1957   | real | wm |  
Beltone Studios New York  USA

Randy Weston piano
Peck Morrison bass
Connie Kay drums

Lee Kraft producer

CD 2
  1   Earth Birth   (Weston)
  2   Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen  (trad.)
  3   Saucer Eyes   (Weston)
  4   I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)
  5   Gingerbread   (Weston)
  6   Cocktails For Two (S. Coslow / A. Johnson)
  7   Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller / Andy Razaf)
  8   FEW (Fe-Double-U) Blues   (Weston)

NEXT  SELECTION  IS   PREVIOUSLY  UNISSUED
except:  Saucer-Eyes:  (Roulette B2-97772).

recorded  June 4, 1960 | real | wm |    
New York  USA

Randy Weston piano
Cecil Payne baritone sax
Ron Carter bass
Roy Haynes drums
Teddy Reig producer

CD 2
  9   Portrait Of Patsy J (Weston)
10   Uncle Nemo   (Weston)
11   Cry Me Not   (Weston)
12   Honk Honk   (Weston)
13   Saucer Eyes   (Weston)
14   204   (Weston)
15   C.B. Blues   (Weston)

UHURU AFRIKA    liner notes

recorded  1960   | real | wm |  
Bell Sound Studios New York  USA
 

Randy Weston Orchestra
Randy Weston piano
Clark Terry trumpet, flugelhorn
Benny Bailey trumpet
Richard Williams trumpet
Freddie Hubbard trumpet
Slide Hampton trombone
Jimmy Cleveland trombone
Quentin Jackson trombone
Julius Watkins french-horn
Gigi Gryce alt sax, flute
Yusef Lateef tenor sax, flute, oboe
Sahib Shihab alt sax, baritone sax
Budd Johnson tenor sax, clarinet
Jerome Richardson baritone sax, piccolo
Cecil Payne baritone sax
Les Spann guitar, flute
Kenny Burrell guitar
George Duvivier bass
Ron Carter bass
Max Rouch drums, percussion
Charlie Persip drums, percussion
Wilbert G. T. Hoggan drums
Candido congas

Michael Babatunde Olatunji percussion
Armando Peraza bongos
Martha Flowers vocal
Brock Peters vocal
Tuntemeke Sanga narrator
 

Melba Liston  arrangements

Teddy Reig  producer

CD 3
  1   Uhuru Kwanza (Langston Hughes)
  2   Uhuru Kwanza   (Weston)
  3   African Lady (R. Weston / L. Hughes)
  4   Bantu   (Weston)
  5   Kucheza Blues   (Weston)

HIGHLIFE            liner notes

recorded  1963  | real | wm |   
Webster Hall  New York  USA
 

Randy Weston piano
Ray Copeland  trumpet, flugelhorn
Aaron Bell tuba
Quentin Jackson trombone
Julius Watkins french-horn
Booker Ervin tenor sax
Budd Johnson soprano sax, tenor sax
Peck Morrison bass
Charlie Persip drums
Frankie Dunlop percussion
Archie Lee congas
George Young percussion

Melba Listen  arrangements

Jack Lewis  producer

CD 3
  6   Caban Bamboo Highlife   (Weston)
  7   Niger Mambo (Bobby Benson)
  8   Zulu   (Weston)
  9   In Memory Of   (Weston)
10   Congolese Children   (Weston)
11   Blues To Africa   (Weston)
12   Mystery Of Love (Guy Warren)

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