Randy Weston And His African Rhythms Trio - Zep Tepi album flac

With bassist Alex Blake and African hand percussionist Neil Clarke, Weston hardly sounds like a man nearing his 80th birthday, as his playing is still very distinctive and full of marvelous dark chords and infectious rhythms. The CD opens with effective extended workouts of "Blue Moses" and "African Sunrise," with the leader ducking out during Blake's potent solo in the former.

Randy Weston returns to the trio format for the first time in over thirty years with Zep Tepi. Poised to enter his eighth decade on the planet, Weston is an elder in every sense of the term. His distinctively percussive attack, yard-wide chords, criss-crossing rhythms and idiosyncratic melodies remain sui generis. Both literally (he's 6'9") and figuratively, Weston is a giant of the music. He pays tribute to his friend and mentor Thelonious Monk on "Ballad for T," a reflective but vinegary solo piano performance that nods to "Ruby, My Dear

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Eastside Sound, NYC December 2005.

Zep Tepi", his first trio album in many years. The recording "Ancient Future" is a 2 disc solo piano recording that combines 16 solo piano recordings with 7 solo piano recording from 1984 that was released as Blue on 1750 Arch Records produced by Thomas Buckner. The 1990's witnessed a string of recordings on Verve Records that exhibit Randy Weston’s pioneering musical aspiration. SPIRIT! The power of music", 1999, Randy Weston African Rhythms Quintet and the master Gnawa musicians of Morocco was released. What was so wonderful was that we had these three religions, Christianity, Islam and Yoruba, in music and the church was just packed with people.

Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Trio African Sunrise.

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Zep Tepi is a English album released on Mar 2006. Zep Tepi Album has 10 songs sung by Randy Weston, His African Rhythms Trio. Listen to all songs in high quality & download Zep Tepi songs on Gaana. attr("src", $('. de tp. d t img img'). Advertisement Your song has been queued and will play shortly.