One from the archives:  There was much talk about Randy Weston on the last few episodes about Gnawa music.  I thought I'd broadcast part 1 of an interview I did with him a few years back.  This was first broadcast as a podcast that I never really got going with.  If you haven't checked him out, I hope this will inspire you to check out some albums or see him in concert.

Part 2 coming soon...we hung out and spoke for hours that day.

Offical Bio:

After contributing seven decades of musical direction and genius, Randy Weston remains one of the world's foremost pianists and composers today, a true innovator and visionary.

Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa,

his global creations musically continue to inform and inspire.

"Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique".