Randy Weston, a jazz pianist and composer who was the first artist producer Orrin Keepnews signed to his new Riverside label in 1954 and who became an early and ardent champion of Pan-Africanism in jazz, died on September 1. He was 92. [Photo of Randy Weston by Chester Higgins]
Randy was perhaps best known for his composition Hi-Fly, which he introduced …
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