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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Berklee Global Jazz Institute and NEA Jazz Masters 
 Live Present Pianist/Composer Randy Weston\nEvent Url: http://www.artsbost
 on.org/event/detail/441412471/Berklee_Global_Jazz_Institute_and_NEA_Jazz_M
 asters_Live_Present_PianistComposer_Randy_Weston\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-0
 9-28\nEvent Date End: 2011-09-29\n\nBerklee Global Jazz Institute and NEA 
 Jazz Masters Live Present Pianist/Composer Randy Weston in Concert and Con
 versation at the Boston Public Library and Berklee\, Sept 28 &ndash\; 29  
  Free Events Focus on Weston's African Influences   BOSTON\, September 15\
 , 2011 &ndash\; The Berklee Global Jazz Institute and NEA Jazz Masters Liv
 e present Randy Weston: Storyteller\, two days of music and conversation w
 ith the world renowned pianist and composer whose music is deeply inspired
  by his African heritage.  NEA Jazz Master Weston will base his presentati
 ons on the autobiography African Rhythms at the Boston Public Library on S
 eptember 28 and at Berklee College of Music on September 29.  The events a
 re free and open to the public.  Seating available on a first-come basis. 
     At the Boston Public Library on September 28\, in the Rabb Lecture Hal
 l\, at 6:30 p.m.\, Weston will perform with his trio and read from African
  Rhythms.  He'll sign books following the program.    At Berklee's David F
 riend Recital Hall\, 921 Boylston Street\, on September 29\, at 2:00 p.m.\
 , Weston discusses his life and music in the clinic Musician as Storytelle
 r.  Topics will include his spiritual connection to African ancestors and 
 jazz's African roots.   This special series is sponsored by the Global Jaz
 z Institute at Berklee College of Music and supported by NEA Jazz Masters 
 Live\, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership wit
 h Arts Midwest that celebrates the living legends who have made exceptiona
 l contributions to the advancement of jazz. For more information\, visit n
 eajazzmasters.org. Berklee Global Jazz Institute Artistic Director Danilo 
 Perez envisions the residency as a public celebration of Weston as an arti
 st and a showcase for his piano mastery.  &ldquo\;Randy Weston\, a true ke
 eper of the African heritage for over six decades\, is one of the few livi
 ng legends of jazz history\,&rdquo\; says Perez.  &ldquo\;His piano sound 
 speaks loud and clear the message of cultural diversity\, globalization\, 
 and the importance of Africa in the history of jazz music.&rdquo\;  After 
 contributing six decades of musical direction and genius\, NEA Jazz Master
  Weston remains one of the world's foremost pianists and composers\, a tru
 e innovator and visionary.  Many of his compositions\, such as 'Hi Fly' an
 d 'Berkshire Blues\,' are considered jazz standards.  The Brooklyn-born We
 ston spent most of his illustrious career combining the rich music of the 
 African continent with the African-American tradition of jazz\, mixing rhy
 thms and melodies into a hybrid musical stew.  His interest in the African
  continent was sparked at an early age\, and he lectured and performed the
 re in the 1960s.  As Weston noted in his autobiography\, published in 2010
 \, 'I'm really a storyteller through music and I've had some amazing and u
 nique experiences. When it comes to considering those experiences together
 \, my quest is always in the spirit of our ancestors.'\n\nStart time: 9/28
  - 6:30 p.m.\, 9/29 - 2:00 p.m.
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SUMMARY:Berklee Global Jazz Institute and NEA Jazz Masters Live Present Pia
 nist/Composer Randy Weston
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