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Artist:	WESTON, RANDY
Title:	African Cookbook
Label:	ATLANTIC
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SD 1609LP

Exact repro LP. "This fine, long out-of-print album by jazz pianist/composer Randy Weston is available again. Long one of jazz's best (and most underrated) composers, Weston was one of the first American jazz musicians to investigate and embrace the African influences in jazz. (He lived in Africa for a time in the 1970s.) A spare yet melodic, Thelonious Monk-influenced pianist, Weston led a great band in 1964 -- when African Cookbook was recorded -- featuring the big Texas tenor sax of the late Booker Ervin. The rest of the band plays with inspiration and restraint. Weston weaves the African influence subtly into his inviting compositions -- though the influence, Weston might say, was there all along. His tunes are warm, catchy, rich with the flavors of Monk, Duke Ellington and African music. Listening to this album is like sitting down to a sumptuous meal, one you wish to savor." Personnel: Randy Weston (piano, celesta); Big Black (vocals); Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Ray Copeland (trumpet, flugelhorn); Vishnu Wood, Lenny McBrowne (bass instrument); Harrold Murray (percussion).

Artist:	WESTON, RANDY
Title:	African CookBook
Label:	COMET (FRANCE)
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	COM 026

"Africa is my ancestral home and it is the cradle of civilisation. In my spirit and soul i have always been in Africa, so when i first heard the true drums i knew i must return. The supreme creator placed me and my musical family on the continent of Africa in 1961. The music of no other civilisation can rival African music in the complexity and subtlety of its rhythms. The folklore of Africa has been the creative source of modern music. African rhythms are played all over this earth, in jazz, gospel, classical, rock & roll, samba, soul, even freedom music or the avant-garde- call them what you wish - are all in debt to African folklore. This album is dedicated to my musical family, may they continue to search for the truth of our rich musical heritage.''

Artist:	WESTON, RANDY
Title:	African Rhythms
Label:	COMET (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COM 028 CD

"After our well-known modern Afro rhythms collection (Racubah!, Ouelele & Bilongo), Comet Records decide to bring back to a larger audience an incredible session by pianist Randy Weston recorded in Paris in 1969 with a line-up including Art Taylor (drums), Henri Texier (bass), Reebop Kwaabu Ba (percussions), Niles Azzedin Weston (percussions) and of course Randy on piano! Originally released on Polydor and only available in France, these sessions are the foundations of Randy Weston's fusion between African rhythms and jazz spirit. Jazz meets world..." Collects the 2 Comet LPs (026 & 027) onto 1 CD.

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