Randy Weston Catalog

1954 (age 28)

Randy Weston - Zulu   Milestone M-47045   1977

Randy Weston, piano; Sam Gill, bass.

NYC, April 27, 1954

What Is This Thing Called Love
In The Still Of The Night

** same as Randy Weston Trio Plus Cecil Payne - With These Hands..., Riverside RLP 12-214 in 1956 + Randy Weston With Art Blakey - Trio And Solo, RLP 12-227 in 1957 + 2 bonus tracks.

Randy Weston - Solo, Duo And Trio   Milestone MCD-47085-2   2000

same session.

NYC, April 27, 1954

I Love You
Night And Day
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Get Out Of Town
Just One Of Those Things
I've Got You Under My Skin

** same as Randy Weston With Art Blakey - Trio And Solo, Riverside RLP 12-227 in 1957 + 8 bonus tracks.

1955

Randy Weston With Art Blakey - Trio And Solo   Riverside RLP 12-227   1957

Randy Weston, piano; Sam Gill, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 25, 1955

Sweet Sue
Pam's Waltz
Solemn Meditation
Again
Zulu
If You Could See Me Now

Randy Weston, piano.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, September 10, 1956

Little Girl Blue
We'll Be Together Again
Softness
Lover

** also released on Randy Weston With Art Blakey - Zulu, Jazzland JLP 4 in 1960.
** part of Randy Weston - Zulu, Milestone M-47045 in 1977. and of Randy Weston - Solo, Duo And Trio, Milestone MCD-47085-2 in 2000.

Get Happy With The Randy Weston Trio   Riverside RLP 12-203   1956

Randy Weston, piano; Sam Gill, bass; Wilbert Hogan, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 29 and 31, 1955

Get Happy
Fire Down There
Where Are You?
Under Blunder
Dark Eyes
Summertime
Bass Knows
C-Jam Blues
A Ballad
Twelfth Street Rag

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1870-2 in 1995.

1956 (age 30)

Randy Weston Trio Plus Cecil Payne - With These Hands...   Riverside RLP 12-214   1956

Cecil Payne, baritone sax #1,3,5-8; Randy Weston, piano; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass; Wilbert Hogan, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 14 and 21, 1956

1.The Man I Love
2.Serenade In Blue
3.I Can't Get Started With You
4.This Can't Be Love
5.These Foolish Things
6.Lifetime
7.Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
8.Little Niles

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1883-2 in 1996.
** part of Randy Weston - Zulu, Milestone M-47045 in 1977.

Randy Weston Trio And Cecil Payne - Jazz A La Bohemia   Riverside RLP 12-232   1957

Cecil Payne, baritone sax #1,2,4,5,7,8; Randy Weston, piano; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass; Al Dreares, drums.

Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, October 14, 1956

1.Theme: Solemn Meditation
2.Just A Riff
3.You Go To My Head
4.Once In A While
5.Hold 'Em Joe
6.It's All Right With Me
7.Chessman's Delight
8.Theme: Solemn Meditation

** also released on Greenwich Village Jazz, Jazzland JLP 13 in 1960. and on Original Jazz Classics OJC-1747 in 1990, OJCCD-1747-2 in 1990.

Randy Weston - The Modern Art Of Jazz   Dawn DLP 1116   1957

Ray Copeland, trumpet; Cecil Payne, baritone, alto sax; Randy Weston, piano; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass; Wilbert Hogan, drums.

NYC, November 21, 1956

Run Joe
In A Little Spanish Town
J & K Blues
You Needn't

Randy Weston, piano; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass; Willie Jones, drums.

NYC, November 22, 1956

Loose Wig
A Theme For Teddy
Don't Blame Me
How High The Moon

Various Artists - Modern Jazz Festival   Harmony HL 7196

same session.

NYC, November 22, 1956

Stormy Weather

1957

Randy Weston - Piano A-La-Mode   Jubilee JLP 1060   1959

Randy Weston, piano; John A. "Peck" Morrison, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Beltone Studios, NYC, spring 1957

Earth Birth
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Saucer Eyes
I Got Rhythm
Gingerbread
Cocktails For Two
Honeysuckle Rose
Fe-Double-U Blues

1958

Randy Weston, Patrolman Lem Winchester - New Faces At Newport   Metrojazz E1005   1958

Randy Weston, piano; George Joyner, bass; G.T. Hogan, drums; Allan Morrison, announcer.

Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, July 5, 1958

Announcement By Allan Morrison
58-XY-931STHi-Fly
58-XY-932STExcerpt From Bantu Suite
58-XY-933STBeef Blues Stew
58-XY-930STMachine Blues

Randy Weston's Music - Little Niles   United Artists UAL 4011   1959

Ray Copeland, trumpet #1-5,7; Idrees Sulieman, trumpet #6; Melba Liston, trombone; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; George Joyner, bass; Charlie Persip, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, October, 1958

1.Earth Birth
2.Little Susan
3.Nice Ice
4.Little Niles
5.Pam's Waltz
6.Babe's Blues
7.Let's Climb A Hill

** also released on United Artists UAS 5011 in 1959.
** part of Little Niles, Blue Note BN-LA598-H2 in 1976.

1959

The Randy Weston Trio + Four Trombones - Destry Rides Again   United Artists UAL 4045   1959

Bennie Green, Slide Hampton, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak, trombone; Randy Weston, piano; Peck Morrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; Willie Rodriguez, congas.

NYC, May, 1959

We're Ladies
I Know Your Kind
Rose Lovejoy Of Paradise Alley
Anyone Would Love You
Once Knew A Fella
Every Once In A While
Fair Warning
Are You Ready Gyp Watson
That Ring On The Finger
Once Knew A Fella (repeat track)
I Say Hello

** also released on United Artists UAS 5045 in 1959.

Randy Weston - Live At The Fivespot   United Artists UAL 4066   1960

Kenny Dorham, trumpet #1-3,5,6; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Wilbur Little, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Clifford Jarvis, drums #6; Brock Peters, vocal #3.

Five Spot Cafe, NYC, October 26, 1959

1.High Fly
2.Beef Blues Stew
3.Where
4.Star Crossed Lovers
5.Spot Five Blues
6.Lisa Lovely

** also released on United Artists UAS 5066 in 1960.
** part of Little Niles, Blue Note BN-LA598-H2 in 1976.

1960

Randy Weston - Uhuru Afrika   Roulette R-65001   1961

Benny Bailey, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Richard Williams, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Slide Hampton, Quentin Jackson, trombone; Julius Watkins, French horn; Gigi Gryce, alto sax, flute; Yusef Lateef, tenor sax, flute, oboe; Budd Johnson, tenor sax, clarinet; Jerome Richardson, baritone sax, piccolo; Cecil Payne, Sahib Shihab, baritone, alto sax; Randy Weston, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Les Spann, guitar, flute; Ron Carter, George Duvivier, bass; G.T. Hogan, Charlie Persip, Max Roach, drums; Candido, Babatunde Olatunji, Armando Peraza, percussion; Martha Flowers, soprano vocal; Brock Peters, baritone vocal; Tuntemeke Sanga, narrator.

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November, 1960

Introduction: Uhuru Kwanza Part 1
1st Movement: Uhuru Kwanza Part 2
2nd Movement: African Lady
3rd Movement: Bantu
4th Movement: Kucheza Blues

** also released on Roulette SR-65001 in 1961.

1963

Randy Weston - Music From The New African Nations Featuring The Highlife   Colpix CP 456   1963

Ray Copeland, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, trombone; Julius Watkins, French horn; Aaron Bell, tuba; Budd Johnson, soprano, tenor sax; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Peck Morrison, bass; Charlie Persip, drums; Frankie Dunlop, drums, percussion; Archie Lee, congas, percussion; George Young, percussion.

Webster Hall, NYC, April, 1963

Caban Bamboo Highlife
Niger Mambo
Zulu
In Memory Of
Congolese Children
Blues To Africa
Mystery Of Love

** also released on Colpix SCP 456 in 1963.

1964

Randy Weston - Randy!   Bakton BR 1001

Ray Copeland, trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger #1-6; Booker Ervin, tenor sax #1-6; Randy Weston, piano, celeste; Vishnu Wood, bass; Lenny McBrowne, drums; Big Black, conga drums, vocal #4-6; Sir Harold Murray, percussion #4-6.

Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, October, 1964

1. 23815Berkshire Blues
2. 23816Portrait Of Vivian
3. 23817Willie's Tune
4. 23818Niger Mambo
5. 23819African Cookbook
6. 23820Congolese Children's Song
7. 23821Blues For Five Reasons

** also released on Bakton BRS 1001. and on African Cookbook, Atlantic SD 1609 in 1971.

1965

Randy Weston - Berkshire Blues   Freedom (E) FLP 41026   1977

Randy Weston, piano.

NYC, August 18, 1965

Berkshire Blues
Lagos
Sweet Meat
Ifran

Randy Weston, piano; Vishnu Bill Wood, bass; Lennie McBrowne, drums.

NYC, October 14, 1965

Three Blind Mice
Perdido
Purple Gazelle

** also released on Arista Freedom AL 1026; Black Lion (G) BLCD 760205 in 1995.

1972 (age 46)

Randy Weston - Blue Moses   CTI CTI 6016   1972

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; John Frosk, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, trombone; Wayne Andre, trombone, baritone horn; Paul Faulise, bass trombone; James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson, French horn; Hubert Laws, flute, alto, bass flute, electric flute; Romeo Penque, oboe, English horn, clarinet, flute, alto, bass flute, piccolo; George Marge, English horn, clarinet, flute, alto, bass flute; Grover Washington Jr., tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano, electric piano; David Horowitz, Moog; Ron Carter, bass; Bill Wood, bass #3; Bill Cobham, drums; Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, Azzedin Weston, percussion; Madame Meddah, vocal; Don Sebesky, arranger.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March and April, 1972

1.Ifrane
2.Ganawa (Blue Moses)
3.Night In Medina
4.Marrakesh Blues

1974

Randy Weston - Recorded Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival - Carnival   Freedom (E) FLP 40148   1974

Billy Harper, tenor sax, flute; Randy Weston, piano; William Allen, bass; Don Moye, drums; Steve Berrios, congas, percussion.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 5, 1974

Carnival
Introduction
Tribute To Duke Ellington
Introduction
Mystery Of Love

** also released on Live At Montreux '74 - Carnival, Freedom (E) FLP 41004 in 1974; Arista Freedom AL 1004.

Randy Weston - Blues To Africa   Freedom (E) FLP 40153   1974

Randy Weston, piano.

The Aula Ramibuhl, Zurich, Switzerland, August 14, 1974

African Village / Bedfort Stuyvesant
Tangier Bay
Blues To Africa
Kasbah Kids
Uhuru Kwanza
The Call
Kucheza Blues
Sahel

** also released on Freedom (E) FLP 41014 in 1975; Arista Freedom AL 1014.

1975

Randy Weston - Nuit Africaine   Enja (G) 2086

Randy Weston, piano.

Studio Palm, Paris, France, September 21, 1975

Yubadee
Little Niles
Blues To Senegal
African Nite
Con Alma
C.W. Blues
Jejouka

** also released on Enja (G) CD 2086-2.

1991 (age 65)

Randy Weston - The Spirits Of Our Ancestors   Antilles 314 511 896-2   1992

Randy Weston, piano.

BMG Studios, NYC, May 20, 21 and 22, 1991

African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 1

Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Benny Powell, trombone; Talib Kibwe, alto sax, alto flute; Billy Harper, Dewey Redman, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Alex Blake, Jamil Nasser, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Azzedin Weston, percussion.

The Healers

Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Benny Powell, trombone; Billy Harper, Dewey Redman, Pharoah Sanders, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Alex Blake, Jamil Nasser, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Big Black, Azzedin Weston, percussion.

African Cookbook

Yassir Chadly, genbri, karkabas, handclaps, vocal; Jamil Nasser, bass; Azzedin Weston, percussion.

La Elaha-Ella Allah / Morad Allah

Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Benny Powell, trombone; Talib Kibwe, alto sax, alto flute; Billy Harper, Dewey Redman, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Alex Blake, Jamil Nasser, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Big Black, percussion.

The Call

add Azzedin Weston, percussion.

African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 2

Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Benny Powell, trombone; Talib Kibwe, alto sax, alto flute; Billy Harper, Dewey Redman, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Alex Blake, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Big Black, percussion.

The Seventh Queen

Pharoah Sanders, gaita; Randy Weston, piano; Yassir Chadly, genbri, karkabas, handclaps, vocal; Alex Blake, Jamil Nasser, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Big Black, percussion.

Blue Moses

Dizzy Gillespie, Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Benny Powell, trombone; Talib Kibwe, alto sax, alto flute; Billy Harper, Dewey Redman, tenor sax; Randy Weston, piano; Alex Blake, Jamil Nasser, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Big Black, Azzedin Weston, percussion.

African Sunrise

Randy Weston, piano.

A Prayer For Us All

** also released on Verve (F) 511 857-2.