Editing Randy Weston
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Weston's piano style owed much to [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Thelonious Monk]],<ref>Ian Patterson, [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38156 on Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet: ''The Storyteller''], [[All About Jazz]], November 24, 2010.</ref> 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]].<ref name=Sound>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLIqhO6cwVI "Randy Weston talks about his new solo double CD Sound"], YouTube video, March 27, 2018.</ref> Beginning in the 1950s, Weston worked often with trombonist and arranger [[Melba Liston]].<ref name="Ginell">{{cite web |author1= Richard S. Ginell |title=Randy Weston |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-weston-mn0000396908/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date= August 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Smith">{{cite book |editor1-last=Carney Smith |editor1-first=Jessie |title=Notable Black American Women (Book 2) |date=1995 |publisher=Gale |isbn=0810391775 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess/page/413 413]–415 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess }}</ref> |
Weston's piano style owed much to [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Thelonious Monk]],<ref>Ian Patterson, [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38156 on Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet: ''The Storyteller''], [[All About Jazz]], November 24, 2010.</ref> 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]].<ref name=Sound>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLIqhO6cwVI "Randy Weston talks about his new solo double CD Sound"], YouTube video, March 27, 2018.</ref> Beginning in the 1950s, Weston worked often with trombonist and arranger [[Melba Liston]].<ref name="Ginell">{{cite web |author1= Richard S. Ginell |title=Randy Weston |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-weston-mn0000396908/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date= August 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Smith">{{cite book |editor1-last=Carney Smith |editor1-first=Jessie |title=Notable Black American Women (Book 2) |date=1995 |publisher=Gale |isbn=0810391775 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess/page/413 413]–415 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess }}</ref> |
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Described as "America's African Musical Ambassador", Weston once said: "What I do I do because it's about teaching and informing everyone about our most natural cultural phenomenon. It's really about Africa and her music."<ref>Hakim Abdul-Ali, |
Described as "America's African Musical Ambassador", Weston once said: "What I do I do because it's about teaching and informing everyone about our most natural cultural phenomenon. It's really about Africa and her music."<ref>Hakim Abdul-Ali, [http://www.charlestonchronicle.net/109074/2152/randy-weston-americas-african-musical-ambassador "Randy Weston: America's African Musical Ambassador"], ''Charleston Chronicle'', June 15, 2016.</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |