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Date of Birth
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06-April-1926
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Place of Birth
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Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Weston, Randy
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Profession
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Bandleader, Jazz Pianist, Jazz Composer
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Randy Weston, is an American jazz pianist and composer, of Jamaican parentage. He was described by Marian McPartland as "one of the world's great visionary pianists and composers".
Weston's piano style owes much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, but it is highly distinctive in its qualities: percussive, highly rhythmic, capable of producing a wide variety of moods.
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