> APOLLO THEATER August 11th 2010
Randy Weston was honored as one of the world's foremost
pianists and composers who began his career on the legendary
Apollo
stage.
> African
Rhythms - Autobiography of Randy Weston
more >>
Composed by Randy Weston, Arranged by Willard Jenkins
Publication Date: November 9. 2010 by Duke University Press
Randy Weston Press Kit (.pdf) download >>
Interview with Randy Weston on YouTube >>
Interview with
Willard Jenkins on YouTube >>
> The
Storyteller (Motéma Music)
- New album will be released in this fall.
Recorded live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, The Storyteller features new
arrangements of Weston classics and includes accompaniments by
Alex Blake on bass, Lewis Nash on drums, Benny Powell on trombone,
TK Blue on flute & saxophones, Neil Clarke on percussion,
and music by the Jazz Heritage Orchestra of Cleveland State University.
>
UHURU AFRIKA - Randy Weston African Rhythms Orchestra
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BMCC Tribeca PAC - NY
November, 13th, 2010
The legendary Randy Weston and
his 22 piece orchestra
for the 50th Anniversary Concert
Celebration of the UHURU AFRIKA
recording session, a tribute to the
plethora of African countries that
gained independence in 1960.
interview with Randy Weston on YouTube >>
>
Benny Powell
Saturday, June 26,
2010
Randy Weston's sideman
for over 22 years,
The versatile trombonist
Benny Powell dies at the age of 80
Randy Weston at the Benny Powell Memorial on YouTube >>
Benny
Powell Jazz Master on YouTube >>
Benny Powell by Peter Vacher guardian.co.uk >>
>
Randy Weston
Ambassador-at-Large for the 369th Historical Society >>
>
Tribute to James Reese Europe
more >>
Interview on YouTube >>
Outstanding Contributions to Blues & Jazz Music
from Jus' Blues Music Foundation, Inc. Memphis, TN.
>
Living Legend Award for NEA Jazz Master pianist, Randy Weston.
from Berkshires Jazz, Inc
> SCAP added
Randy Weston to "the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame"
more >>
> Jus` Blues Music Presidents Award for Randy Weston
Outstanding Contributions to Blues &
Jazz Music
from Jus' Blues Music Foundation, Inc.
Memphis, TN.
>
UHURU AFRIKA banned by South-African government
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October, 5th, 1964
In a recent action by the
government-controlled Board of Censors,
the Union of South Africa officially
banned two albums by U.S. artists:
pianist-composer Randy Weston's Uhuru
Afrika and singer Lena Horne’s Here's Lena NOW .
>
Randy Weston African Rhythms
Zep Tepi
Random Chance CD
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Randy Weston returns to the trio format for the first time in over thirty
years with Zep Tepi.
Poised to enter his eighth decade on the planet,
Weston
is an elder in every sense of the term.
His distinctively percussive attack,
yard-wide chords, criss-crossing rhythms and idiosyncratic
melodies remain
sui generis. Both literally (he's 6'9”) and figuratively,
Weston is a giant
of the music.
Bill Barton - All About
Jazz.
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order at CD Universe >>
>
Randy Weston & the Gnawa Master Musicians of
Morocco
- Flash-presentation
1,5Mb - 3min.
start >>
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The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians of Morocco
CD 1994
more >>
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Spirit! the Power of Music
CD 2001 more >>
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Gnawa photo-gallery
more >>
