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Legendary Pianist and Composer Randy Weston Dies at 92; Watch His 2012 Interview with Democracy Now!

Web ExclusiveSeptember 04, 2018
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Legendary pianist and composer Randy Weston has died at the age of 92 in his home in Brooklyn, New York. For more than six decades, Weston was a pioneering jazz musician incorporating the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa. His 1960 album “Uhuru Afrika” was a landmark recording that celebrated the independence movements in Africa and the influence of traditional African music on jazz. In 2001, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, considered to be the nation’s highest honor in jazz.

Watch our 2012 extended interview with Weston on Democracy Now!, as he sat at his piano.

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