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Randy Napoleon
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Guitarist Randy Napoleon is a performer, arranger, composer and a professor of jazz at Michigan State University. He toured with Freddy Cole for 13 years, and has also toured with Benny Green, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Michael Buble.
Napoleon arranged Cole’s last albums, including Cole's Grammy-nominated 2010 release, Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B. He composes and arranges for his own bands, an organ trio, a quartet with piano, and a three-horn sextet that includes organ, drums, trumpet, tenor sax and trombone.
He has appeared on television nationally and internationally with Cole, Buble and CHJO on shows that include David Letterman, Jay Leno, The View, The Today Show, the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Regis and Kelly, Dancing with the Stars, the Radio Music Awards and Entertainment Tonight
In the Groove: Live at The Alluvion
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: T. Sea; Say You're Mine; Riptide; Pyramid Point; In the Groove; Hey Cute One; Tales; Sonny Boy; Just a Moment.
Waking Dream
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Super Moon; The Speckled Frog; Waking Dream; Two Thoughts; Cafe Brasilia; The Singer; 52 Pickup; Riverside
Blossoms; Jo Jo Jo; Boom Boom.
In the Groove
Album: In the Groove: Live at The Alluvion
By Anthony Stanco
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:27
David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, UNLV Jazz Ensemble, Josie Falbo, Leslie Odom, Jr., Steve Houghton, Nicholas Payton, Mike Clark, Rin Seo, Jamile, Nat Adderley Jr., JD Allen, Mark Sherman, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Jerry Weldon, Affinity Trio, Margherita Fava, Charlie ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 13, 2025
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Christian McBride Big Band Without Further Ado Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue) 281 ...
Rin Seo, Pete Mills, Johnathan Blake, Ledisi and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Rin Seo, Pete Mills, Johnathan Blake, Ledisi, JD Allen, Kate Wyatt, Michael Dease, Emma Smith, Charlie Porter, Jason Charos, Thom Rotella, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra, Susan Krebs & The Local Outfit, Jonathan Moritz, Jim Witzel, Joe Bowden, Saku Mantere, Shawn Purcell, Alex Sipiagin, Linda Dachtyl, Jennifer ...
Randy Napoleon: Waking Dream
by Jack Bowers
What greater satisfaction could a teacher have than to see his or her students achieve success--and in their chosen field, no less. On Waking Dream, renowned jazz guitarist and educator Randy Napoleon shares center stage with four fellow guitarists, all of whom are former students in his classes at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. ...
Caelan Cardello, Bob Schlesinger, Cezariusz Gadzina Quartet & more
by Marek J. Śmietański
115th episode presents August's premieres. Carefully curated from a wealth of albums, because this is the only episode this month featuring the host. Expect a selection of impressive debuts (as many as seven), solid albums from American jazz musicians less well-known in Europe, two interesting Polish projects and a few international bands. The podcast is in ...
Baltimore Jazz Collective, Shawn Purcell, James Danderfer, Mike LeDonne and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Baltimore Jazz Collective, Milan Verbist, Shawn Purcell, Juliet Ewing, Harold Lopez-Nussa, James Danderfer, Steve Rosenbloom, Mark Winkler, Gabriel Alegria, David Kikoski, Mike LeDonne, Enrique Haneine, Heather McKay, Kelly Green, Brad Mehldau, Brandon Suarez, Roger Glenn, Jen Allen, Jim Witzel, Jimmy Greene, Eric Alexander, Carmen Bradford, Josh Lawrence, Michael Mayo, George ...
