Randy Weston Web Extra

Soundcheck | Jun 14, 2017

Pianist Randy Weston has been exploring the African roots of American music – especially jazz – since the 1950s. Last night, NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston received a Legends of Jazz Award at the Smithsonian Affiliated National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

As a web extra, hear a melting pot of jazz, blues, Chinese, Cuban, West African, and North African music from his visit in the studio this past May with Selieu Suso (kora) Min Xiao-Fen (pipa) & TK Blue (flute).

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