Listen to Jeff's complete unedited interview with Randy Weston. Listen to an excerpt from Randy Weston's African Rhythms concert at CBC's Glenn Gould Studio. Music is very magical. Music is nature itself. It's quite mysterious, you know.
Music is very magical.
Music is nature itself. I cannot tell you when I developed the way that I play. It was a gradual transition. But the most important thing was I tried to be around the best minds I could find, which meant I spent time at Max Roach's house, meeting Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and George Russell. I spent time with Monk.