African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston Hardcover - 2010
by Randy Weston; Willard Jenkins
Weston--pianist, composer, bandleader, activist, ambassador, visionary, griot--takes the reader on a most spectacular spiritual journey from Brooklyn to Africa, around the world and back again. He tells a story of this great music that has never been told in print: tracing its African roots and branches, and singing praise songs for those artistic and intellectual giants whose paths he crossed."--Robin D.G. Kelley.
From the rear cover
""African Rhythms" is unlike anything I've ever read. Randy Weston--pianist, composer, bandleader, activist, ambassador, visionary, griot--takes the reader on a most spectacular spiritual journey from Brooklyn to Africa, around the world and back again. He tells a story of this great music that has never been told in print: tracing its African roots and branches, acknowledging the ancestors who helped bring him to the music and draw the music from his soul, singing praise songs for those artistic and intellectual giants whose paths he crossed, from Langston Hughes to Melba Liston, Dizzy to Monk, Marshall Stearns to Cheikh Anta Diop. And in the process, Mr. Weston bares his soul, revealing a man overflowing with ancient wisdom, humility, respect for history, and a capacity for creating some of the most astoundingly beautiful music the modern world has ever experienced."--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original "
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- Title African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston
- Author Randy Weston; Willard Jenkins
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Duke University Press, Durham
- Date 2010-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Discography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780822347842 / 0822347849
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.3 in (22.61 x 15.49 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Jazz musicians - United States, Composers - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010017148
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 10/15/2010, Page 12
- Choice, 05/01/2011, Page 0
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