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African rhythms : the autobiography of Randy Weston / composed by Randy Weston ; arranged by Willard Jenkins.
LIBRA ML417.W36 A3 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weston, Randy, 1926-2018.
- Series:
- Refiguring American music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weston, Randy, 1926-2018.
- Weston, Randy.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Composers--United States--Biography.
- Composers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 326 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Arranger's preface
- Origins
- Growing up in Brooklyn
- The scene shifts to the Pacific
- Postwar: escaping the panic
- Post-Berkshires: succumbing to the irresistible lure
- Enter Melba Liston
- Uhuru Afrika : freedom Africa
- Making the pilgrimage
- Touring the motherland
- Making a home in Africa
- Connecting with the Gnawa
- Building a life in Tangier: the African Rhythms Club
- Festival blues, then divine intervention : blue Moses
- Post Morocco and the Ellington connection
- Compositions and sessions
- The African Rhythms Quintet
- The African Queen
- The adventures of Randy Weston
- Ancient future
- Conclusion: Randy Weston
- philosophically yours
- Discography
- Awards and citations.
- Notes:
- Includes discography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822347842
- 0822347849
- OCLC:
- 503828243
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