Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Jazz Pianist And Composer Randy Weston, 92

“[He] was among the most prominent ambassadors for traditional African music in the United States. A revered jazz pianist and composer, he incorporated that continent’s complicated rhythms, tonalities and call-and-response patterns in records that ushered in a new era of transatlantic fusion.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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