Loading details…
Artist
Randy Napoleon
12+ albums
jazzguitarinstrumental
about
Randy Napoleon, a jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger, leads his own trio, quartet and sextet when not on the road with the Freddy Cole Quartet. Napoleon plays guitar on Cole's 2009 release, The Dreamer in Me, recorded live at Lincoln Center, and he arranged and performs on Cole's 2010 Grammy-nominated release, Freddy Cole Sings for Mr. B. Napoleon has appeared on TV with Cole, on a 2007 PBS special and on the 2009 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Napoleon has also toured with Benny Green(2000–2001), Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, CHJO (2003–2004) and Michael Bublé (2004–2007). He has appeared on TV in Japan with CHJO and throughout Europe and the United States with Bublé. His U.S. TV appearances with Bublé 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, Entertainment Tonight, and a PBS special, Caught in the Act, which is available on DVD/CD from Reprise Records. He has also appeared on TV with Sachal Vasandani and others. Napoleon has also performed with jazz artists including The Bill Charlap Trio and Rodney Whitaker.He has appeared with cabaret artists including Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, with whom he recorded the 2011 album, Bitter/Sweet. Napoleon has played in venues across the United States, including The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, Radio City Music Hall and throughout the world, such as Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Sydney O
