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Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique."

Tilopa plays a long shakuhachi, or kyotaku, which has pentatonic tuning and 5 holes like the shakuhachi, with a much deeper and more mellow sound.