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Cole Porter in a Modern Mood
Cole Porter in a Modern Mood is the debut album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston, recorded in 1954 and released on the Riverside label as a 10-inch LP. 
Reception.
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Alex Henderson stating, "back in 1954 -- when a 28-year-old Randy Weston recorded "Randy Weston Plays Cole Porter in a Modern Mood" -- saluting Porter wasn't an idea that beboppers had run into the ground and beaten to death. It
my inspiration for African music by being at Music Inn... They were all explaining the African-American experience in a global perspective, which was unusual at the time."
Weston worked with Kenny Dorham in 1953 and in 1954 with Cecil Payne, before forming his own trio and quartet and releasing his debut recording as a leader in 1954, "Cole Porter in a Modern Mood". He was voted New Star Pianist in "Down Beat" magazine's International Critics' Poll of 1955. Several fine albums followed,