No musician has been more devoted to exploring the connection between Afro-American classical music (jazz) and the ancestral spirits and rhythms of the African continent than Randy Weston. The ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, France In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was ...

This is FRESH AIR. Today marks the 100th birthday of jazz pianist and composer Randy Weston, who had a 60-year recording career, during which he lived in the U.S., Morocco and France. He was ...

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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 ...

Weston, who died in 2018, had a 60-year recording career, during which he lived in the U.S., Morocco and France. He was influenced by Duke Ellington's regal bearing, but Weston also had his own style.