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In Africa I discovered what the true purpose of a musician is. We are historians, and it is our purpose to tell the people the true story of our past, and to extend a better vision of the future.

Randy Weston

Randy Weston

Randy Weston

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Born: April 6, 1926

Died: September 1, 2018 (aged 92)

Bio: Randy Weston was an American jazz pianist and composer of Jamaican parentage. He was described by Marian McPartland as "one of the world's great visionary pianists and composers".

Known for:

Uhuru Afrika (1961)
The Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991)
Blue Moses (1972)
Little Niles (1959)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Randy Weston (1957)

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