{"id":349,"date":"2010-10-28T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2010\/10\/randy_weston_giant_standing\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:32:47","slug":"randy_weston_giant_standing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/10\/randy_weston_giant_standing.html","title":{"rendered":"Randy Weston, Giant Standing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pianist, composer, ensemble leader, now autobiographer &#8212; at age 84, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randyweston.info\/randy-weston-welcome.html\">Randy Weston<\/a> is a huge and undiminished presence.&nbsp;Read my&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cityarts.info\/2010\/10\/28\/randy-weston-giant-standing\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">column in City Arts New York<\/a>&nbsp;about how he&#8217;s just published&nbsp;<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/African-Rhythms-Autobiography-Weston-Franklin\/dp\/0822347849\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">African Rhythms<\/a>,<\/i>&nbsp;his life story, is signing it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribecapac.org\/music.htm\">Tribecca Performing Arts Center (NYC) <\/a>&nbsp;Oct. 30, and leads his 22-piece orchestra at that same venue in a 50th anniversary concert of his 4-part suite <i>Uhuru Afrika<\/i>, (lyrics by Langston Hughes) on November 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email or  RSS<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pianist, composer, ensemble leader, now autobiographer &#8212; at age 84, Randy Weston is a huge and undiminished presence.&nbsp;Read my&nbsp;column in City Arts New York&nbsp;about how he&#8217;s just published&nbsp;African Rhythms,&nbsp;his life story, is signing it at Tribecca Performing Arts Center (NYC) &nbsp;Oct. 30, and leads his 22-piece orchestra at that same venue in a 50th anniversary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1048,1045,410,1047,1036,1046],"class_list":{"0":"post-349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-uhuru-afrika","8":"tag-african-rhythms","9":"tag-city-arts-new-york","10":"tag-langston-hughes","11":"tag-randy-weston","12":"tag-tribecca-performing-arts-center","13":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-5D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":311,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/04\/central_brooklyn_grassroots_ja.html","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":0},"title":"Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival goes to roots, future, justice","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"April 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"My column in City Arts\u00a0highlights the 40-event Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, taking place throughout April \"from Flatbush up Fulton Avenue through the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ocean Hill to Bushwick . . . the area that gave birth to Max Roach and Randy Weston some 80\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2126,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2016\/09\/african-roots-middle-eastern-extensions-in-hyde-park-jazz-fest.html","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":1},"title":"African roots, Middle Eastern extensions in Hyde Park Jazz Fest","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"September 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Pianist Randy Weston, a magisterial musician at age 90 inspired by jazz traditions and its African basics, and trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, who has devoted himself to incorporating the Middle East's\u00c2\u00a0modal, microtonal\u00c2\u00a0maqam\u00c2\u00a0legacy into compositions for jazz improvisation by members of his Two Rivers Ensemble, were highlights of last weekend's 10th annual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Amir_ElSaffar_on-Santur91-c.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":293,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/02\/nea_jazz_masters_as_new_yorker.html","url_meta":{"origin":349,"position":2},"title":"NEA Jazz Masters as New Yorkers","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Are all Jazz Masters in\/of NYC? 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