Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral...
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addition to leading his own group, Blake also performed and recorded with Randy Weston, as well as other musicians. Especially for You (Denon, 1979) Now Is...
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Blue Note Records and played with pianist Randy Weston, with whom he recorded between 1963 and 1966. Weston said: "Booker Ervin, for me, was on the same...
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Randy Weston was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1991 to 1999. His district consisted of a portion of Crawford County, Ohio, Wyandot...
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who remained his teacher and mentor for over 20 years. Kendrick cites Randy Weston and Sun Ra as influences. Kendrick has been married to Rhonda Ross Kendrick...
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sideman Randy (1964) – Randy Weston (Bakton) The Night of the Cookers (1965) – Freddie Hubbard (Blue Note Records) Monterey '66 (released 1994) – Randy Weston...
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1964 album by Randy Weston Randy (band), a Swedish punk rock band Iban Iyanga, Equatorial Guinean footballer better known as Randy Randy, an English slang...
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in his jazz music. He was a bass player for Art Blakey, Earl Hines, Randy Weston, and Thelonious Monk, among others. Abdul-Malik claimed that his father...
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better known as an arranger, particularly in partnership with pianist Randy Weston. Other major artists with whom she worked include Dizzy Gillespie, Billie...
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Randy Weeks, American singer-songwriter Randy Wells (born 1982), American baseball player Randy West (disambiguation), multiple people Randy Weston (1926–2018)...
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(McCoy Tyner, 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)...
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The Randy Weston Trio is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Riverside label as a 10–inch...
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Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label. The Allmusic...
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(Talking House Records) 2013: The Roots of the Blues (Sunnyside) – with Randy Weston With Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam...
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Rollins's 1956 album Saxophone Colossus, though it had been recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title "Fire Down There", on his Get Happy album. Alone...
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also features three covers, "Eclipse" by Mingus, "Sketch of Melba" by Randy Weston and "Feathers" by Hale Smith. The cover features a painting by Richard...
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has collaborated with jazz musicians Randy Weston and Archie Shepp and blues musician Johnny Copeland. With Weston, he co-produced The Splendid Master...
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Happy (Pink Martini album) (2013) Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio, a 1955 album by Randy Weston Get Happy! (George Shearing album), a 1991 album by...
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1959 and 1966, by recording with bebop and hard-bop musicians including Randy Weston, Yusef Lateef, Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Jackie McLean, John Patton...
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Waltz album), Horace Silver, Quincy Jones, Pee Wee Ellis, Stevie Wonder, Randy Weston, and with Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln on the pivotal Freedom Now Suite...
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versions of "Love, the Mystery of" were recorded by Art Blakey and Randy Weston, and Weston used it as his theme song for 40 years. In December 1959 readers...
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international jazz musicians. (Among others, with Louis Sclavis, Archie Shepp, Randy Weston, Klaus Doldinger, Joachim Kühn, Peter Brötzmann or Hamid Drake). Since...
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a name meaning "male born on Wednesday". In 1969, Baah performed on Randy Weston's album African Rhythms. In the same year he worked with Nick Drake on...
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Uhuru Afrika (category Randy Weston albums)
(subtitled/translated as Freedom Africa) is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label. The album...
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Acoustic Band (Manu Dibango, Léo Ferré, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Van Dyke, Randy Weston, Keith Jarrett, Michel Jonasz, Miriam Makeba, Charles Mingus, Claude...
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1964) The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961) Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963) Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964) Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])...
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Randy (subtitled Băp!! Beep Boo-Bee Băp Beep-M-Boo Bee Băp!) is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1964 and originally released...
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Agogo/Bells Vocals Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Joffery Holder, Randy Weston, Reggie Workman, Sonny Morgan, Mongo Santa Maria, Eddie Palmeri, John...
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Washington, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Mercury, 1959) Doug Watkins, Watkins at Large (Transition, 1956) Randy Weston, Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1961)...
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composer and arranger, particularly through her collaborations with Randy Weston from the late 1950s into the 1990s. Jewish Americans played a significant...
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