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Randy Weston: African Rhythms
by AAJ Staff
While most talented jazz players continue to evolve, very few enter into a revolution. That's what happened four decades ago with Randy Weston. Weston (b. 1926) made a series of recordings in the '50s, including a streak of early bop records on Riverside. His early association with Thelonious Monk obviously shaped his musical vocabulary, as did ...
Randy Weston: Ancient Future
by AAJ Staff
Randy Weston is a Brooklyn born pianist, with Caribbean and African influences, as suits this scholar with earthy roots. His earliest recordings on Riverside date from the mid-'50s, and his fingers have since taken him around the world. He's appeared on as many labels as one can label the man himself, yet there is a constant: ...
Solo, Duo & Trio
By Randy Weston
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: Sweet Sue, Just You*
Randy Weston: Solo, Duo & Trio
by Derek Taylor
Randy Weston continues to be a vibrant and creative force in jazz, so much so that it’s sometimes easy to forget that he’s been at it for over five decades. While his early work often isn’t as readily available as the material he’s done more recently much of it slowly making it back into print. This ...
Another Blue
By T.K. Blue
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Chant For Peace Eternal; This Is For Albert; Evening Prayer; Hallucinations; Another
Blue; You Go To My Head; It’s Already All About
Love; A Night In Tunisia; Crossings; Pileau; Solar.
Khepera
By Randy Weston
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: Creation; Anu Anu; The Shrine; The Shang; Prayer Blues; Boram Xam Xam; Portrait of Cheikh Anta Diop; Niger Mambo; Mystery of Love.Collective
Randy Weston: Khepera
by Jim Santella
Like Ellington and Monk together, pianist Randy Weston blends beautiful harmony with plenty of surprises. His impressionistic album comes after intensive studies of ancient rhythms from around the world. Gathering from the spiritual or ritualistic to enjoyable jazz grooves, Weston surrounds traditional Chinese and African scenes with familiar images. His band is such that it can ...
