Ancient Future/Blue
ASIN: B000064122
Track Listings
| Disc: 1 |
| 1. Ancient Future |
| 2. Roots of the Nile |
| 3. Kom Ombo |
| 4. Bambara |
| 5. Portrait of Oum Keltoum |
| 6. Ballad for T |
| 7. Isis |
| 8. Blues for CB |
| 9. PCN |
| 10. It Don't Mean a Thing |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Penny Packer Blues |
| 2. Earth Birth |
| 3. The Last Day |
| 4. Lagos |
| 5. Blue in Tunisia |
| 6. Mystery of Love |
| 7. Ellington Tusk |
Editorial Reviews
Jim Macnie, Down Beat, June 2002
Weston's stuff never fails to send me. His touch is nothing short of gripping...
Product Description
This 2 CD set of Randy Weston's solo piano music comprises both new recordings as well as a reissue of his Blue lp, originally issued on 1750 Arch Records in 1984. "In African music," Randy Weston observed in a 1998 interview, "there aren't the categories of the past, the present and the future. Music is a timeless thing." He proves it every time he touches a piano or puts pencil to composition paper. Weston descends from a long line of seers who build on what the ancestors left us to create music of startling originality—music of the future. This is why Ancient Future so perfectly defines Weston's approach to music and life.
Weston's music reveals the wisdom of the ancient world, where art, science, and spirituality were one, where music was not entertainment-for-sale but a life-force at the core of civilization itself. He demolishes distinctions between traditional and modern, composition and improvisation, enveloping us with what really counts: the music's spiritual essence. And what better way to capture the spiritual dimensions of this great music than Weston, in his solitude, singing, praying, meditating, shouting, through the medium of Bosendorfer piano which he transforms into a giant talking drum or a 97-stringed kora?
Ancient Future/Blue
Ancient Future/Blue,Randy Weston
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Album Description
This 2 CD set of Randy Weston's solo piano music comprises both new recordings as well as a reissue of his Blue lp, originally issued on 1750 Arch Records in 1984. "In African music," Randy Weston observed in a 1998 interview, "there aren't the categories of the past, the present and the future. Music is a timeless thing." He proves it every time he touches a piano or puts pencil to composition paper. Weston descends from a long line of seers who build on what the ancestors left us to create music of startling originality—music of the future. This is why Ancient Future so perfectly defines Weston's approach to music and life.Weston's music reveals the wisdom of the ancient world, where art, science, and spirituality were one, where music was not entertainment-for-sale but a life-force at the core of civilization itself. He demolishes distinctions between traditional and modern, composition and improvisation, enveloping us with what really counts: the music's spiritual essence. And what better way to capture the spiritual dimensions of this great music than Weston, in his solitude, singing, praying, meditating, shouting, through the medium of Bosendorfer piano which he transforms into a giant talking drum or a 97-stringed kora?
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excellent work from a modern master.......2003-11-15
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