WESTON, RANDOLPH (RANDY
). Jazz pianist ( in New York, New York). He studied piano as a child. He began to play jazz and rhythm n
blues when he was about fourteen; his style development was influenced by recordings or live music of
Edward (Duke
) Ellington
,
Thelonious Monk
, and
Thomas (Fats
) Waller
. He began playing professionally during the late 1940s and played with various groups, including Arthur (Art
) Blakey,
Kenneth (Kenny
) Dorham
, George Hall,...