Randy Weston

Randy Weston (1926 to 2018) was a Brooklyn jazz pianist and composer who spent his career tracing jazz back to its African roots. His tunes "Hi Fly" and "Berkshire Blues" became jazz standards, and his long partnership with arranger Melba Liston produced records like Uhuru Afrika (1961). He lived in Morocco in the late 1960s and early 70s, running the African Rhythms Club in Tangier, and was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2001.