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In 1972 he produced ''Blue Moses'' for the [[CTI Records]], a best-selling record on which he plays electric keyboard. As he explained in a July 2018 interview, "We were still living in Tangier, so my son and I came from Tangier to do the recording, but when I got there, Creed Taylor said his formula is electric piano. I was not happy with that, but it was my only hit record. People loved it."<ref>Frank J. Oteri, [https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/randy-weston-music-is-life-itself/ "Randy Weston: Music is Life Itself"], ''NewMusicBox'', August 1, 2018.</ref> In the summer of 1975, he played at the Festival of Tabarka in [[Tunisia]], North Africa (later known as the [[Tabarka Jazz Festival]]), accompanied by his son Azzedin Weston on percussion, with other notable acts including [[Dizzy Gillespie]].
 
In 1977 he participated in [[FESTAC 77|FESTAC]], the AfricanSecond worldWorld Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, held in Lagos, Nigeria;<ref>[http://www.randyweston.info/randy-weston-autobiography.html "Autobiography"], Randy Weston website.</ref><ref>Gregg Reese, [http://ourweekly.com/news/2018/sep/06/pianist-randy-weston-passes-away-age-92/ "Pianist Randy Weston passes away at age 92"], ''Our Weekly'', September 6, 2018.</ref> other artists appearing there included [[Osibisa]], [[Miriam Makeba]], [[Bembeya Jazz National|Bembeya Jazz]], [[Louis Moholo]], [[Dudu Pukwana]], [[Donald Byrd]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Sun Ra]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171028181802/http://blog.afropop.org/2011/01/history-of-world-festival-of-black-arts.html "The History of the World Festival of Black Arts & Culture / FESTAC"], Afropop, 20 January 2011.</ref><ref name="Collins">{{cite book
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