RANDY WESTON / THE SPIRITS OF OUR ANCESTORS . 1991.

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TRACKS :

CD 1:

01. African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 1 (Weston) - 3:21
02. The Healers (Weston) - 10:48
03. African Cookbook (Weston) - 17:17
04. La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah (Trad.) - 6:43
05. The Call (Weston) - 6:12

CD 2:

01. African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 2 (Weston) - 8:30
02. The Seventh Queen (Weston) - 16:29
03. Blue Moses (Weston) - 12:01
04. African Sunrise (Weston) - 19:54
05. A Prayer for Us All (Weston) - 5:16

MUSICOS :

Randy Weston - piano (not on 4)
Idrees Sulieman - trumpet (on 2,3,5,6,7,9)
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet (on 9)
Benny Powell - trombone (on 2,3,5,6,7,9)
Talib Kibwe - flute, alt sax (on 2,5,6,7,9)
Billy Harper - tenor sax (on 2,3,5,6,7,9)
Dewey Redman - tenor sax (on 2,3,5,6,7,9)
Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, gaita (on 3 >8)
Alex Blake - bass (on 2,3,5,6,7,8,9)
Jamil Nasser - bass (on 2,3,4,5,6,8,9)
Idris Muhammad - drums (on 2,3,5,6,7,8,9)
Azzedin Weston - percussion (on 2,3,4,6,9)
Big Black - percussion (on 3,5,6,7,8,9)
Yassir Chadly - percussion, karkaba, vocal (on 4 >8)

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PART 4.

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RANDY WESTON / KHEPERA . 1998.

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TRACKS :

01 - Creation
02 - Anu Anu
03 - The Shrine
04 - The Shang
05 - Prayer Blues
06 - Boram Xam Xam
07 - Portrait of Cheikh Anta Diop
08 - Niger Mambo
09 - Mystery of Love

MUSICOS :

Piano – Randy Weston
Alto Saxophone – Talib Kibwe (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Bass – Alex Blake (2) (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9)
Drums – Victor Lewis (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9)
Flute – Talib Kibwe (tracks: 3)
Percussion – Chief Bey (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9), Min Xiao-Fen (tracks: 4), Neil Clark (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9)
Pipa – Min Xiao-Fen (tracks: 4)
Soprano Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: 3)
Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9)
Trombone – Benny Powell (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9)
Vocals – Chief Bey (tracks: 1, 2)

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PART 1.

PART 2.

RANDY WESTON / EARTH BIRTH

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TRACKS:

01. Earth Birth  (Weston)
02. Pam’s Waltz  (Weston)
03. Little Niles  (Weston)
04. Babe’s Blues  (Weston)
05. Where  (Weston)
06. Hi-Fly  (Weston)
07. Portrait of Billie Holiday  (Weston)
08. Berkshire Blues  (Weston)
09. Portrait of Vivian  (Weston).

MUSICOS:

Randy Weston piano
Christian McBride bass
Billy Higgins drums

Orchestra du festival de Jazz de Montreal (except 5)

Paul West Conductor.

Violins :

Marcelle Mallette (solo), Monique Poitras (2. solo), Hun Bang, Denis Béliveau, Marc Béliveau, Arlane Bresse, Sophie Dugas, Nadia Francavilla, Pascale Frenette, Daniel Godin, Jean-Marc Leblanc, Isabelle Lessard.

Violas:

Francine Lupien-Bang (solo), Margot Aldrich, Jocelyne Bastien, Suzanne Careau, Lorraine Desmarais, Christiane Lampron, Sylvie Laville, André Roy.

Cello:

Jean-Luc Morin (solo), Christine Giguère, Christine Harvey, Sylvie Lambert.

Bass:
 
Jacques Beaudoin

Melba Liston arranger, string arrangements
Jean-Philippe Allard producer
Jay Newland engineer, mastering, mixing
Guy Voisin assistant engineer
Carol Friedman cover photo
Patrice Beausejour art direction
Benoit Gauvin technical engineer