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Randy Weston

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Born in:Brooklyn, NY,
United States of America
Year of Birth:1926
Year of death:2018

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

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."Randy Weston talks about his new solo double CD Sound", YouTube video, March 27, 2018. Beginning... more

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  • Randolph E. Weston
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