Roy Meriwether

Jazz pianist Roy Meriwether covers Prince classic on reissued CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
January 13, 2011

When it was released in 1984, Prince's landmark Purple Rain album began to influence generations of artists from multiple genres. One of those was pianist Roy Meriwether. Meriwether was so taken by one track in particular, “The Beautiful Ones," that he decided to cover it. But Meriwether did more than simply remake it; he molded the song's then-groundbreaking mélange of synth-pop and R&B to his own style, giving it a jazzy elegance and a breathtaking piano jam that matched Prince's ...
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