African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston

by Willard Jenkins and Randy Weston

Book Overview

The pianist, composer, and bandleader Randy Weston is one of the world's most influential jazz musicians and a remarkable storyteller whose career has spanned five continents and more than six decades. Packed with fascinating anecdotes, African Rhythms is Weston's life story, as told by him to the music journalist Willard Jenkins. It encompasses Weston's childhood in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood--where his parents and other members...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822347849
• ISBN13: 9780822347842
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"