utwory:
1. CD - New Faces at Newport 1958
2. CD - Piano a la Mode 1959
3. CD - Little Niles 1959
4. CD - Destry rides again 1959
5. CD - Live at the Five Spot 1959
6. CD - "Uhuru Africa" 1960

Editor's info:
THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS: 1958 - 1960
With an impeccable sense of rhythm and the flexibility to incorporate a number of varied influences into his own style, Randy Weston has carved a name for himself as one of the foremost and most creative pianists, composers and bandleaders in jazz. Heavily influenced by bebop musicians from the 1940s and early 1950s, most notably Thelonious Monk, Weston has used his own expert technique and inspired vision to craft some of the most critically-acclaimed albums ever to grace the genre, and still continues to use his art to shape the ever-changing face of music in the modern era. Weston would mark the turn of the 1950s with what would be two of his finest and most acclaimed works. First came the late 1950s masterpiece Little Niles (United Artists, 1959), the title track of which was named after one of Weston s sons and would become one of his best known tunes, having already featured on a number of his live records. Then followed the groundbreaking Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960), an ambitious combination of jazz and African rhythms with a 24-piece band; this would also mark his first album with trombonist, arranger and long-time collaborator Melba Liston. Outrageously, Uhuru Afrika would be banned in South Africa in 1964, an honour shared with the likes of Max Roach s We Insist! (Candid, 1960) and Lena Horne s Here s Lena Now! (20th Century Fox Records, 1964). Weston would become increasingly interested in African music as his career developed, travelling there with a U.S. cultural delegation in 1967 and settling permanently in Morocco at the end of the tour. He would run the African Rhythms Club in Tangier until 1972, the same year he produced his most commerc.......
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