Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Randy Weston
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)