Randy Napoleon
American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Randy Napoleon (born 30 May 1978) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger who tours nationally and internationally. He has also toured with the Freddy Cole Quartet, Benny Green, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra led by John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, and Jeff Hamilton, Rene Marie, and with Michael Bublé.[1][2][3][4]
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Born | (1978-05-30) May 30, 1978 (age 45) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Labels | Azica, Gut String, Harbinger, Detroit Music Factory |
Website | randynapoleon |
He is an expert on the Cole school, the music of Freddy Cole and Nat King Cole.[5]
He is an associate professor and Associate Director of Jazz Studies in the College of Music at Michigan State University[6] and has done master classes at universities and music schools throughout the United States and Canada.[7] During a 2023 tour of Japan, he taught at several colleges throughout the country. During summers, he is on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center's Jazz Institute. [8]