Randy Halberstadt
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Randy Halberstadt is an American jazz pianist, composer, recording artist, author, and teacher. In addition to leading his own trio and producing his own recordings (Inner Voice, Clockwork, and Parallel Tracks), he has performed with Herb Ellis
, Buddy DeFranco
, Nick Brignola
, Terry Gibbs
, Slide Hampton
, Pete Christlieb
, Bobby Shew
, Joe LaBarbera
, Lanny Morgan
, David Friesen
, Kim Richmond
, Don Lanphere
, Jiggs Whigham
, Roswell Rudd
, Jack Walrath
, Gary Smulyan
, Julian Priester
, Mel Brown
, and many others. In 2004, Randy recorded with Bay area guitarist Mimi Fox
and the world renowned Ray Drummond
on bass.
Randy wrote Metaphors for the Musician (2001), a collection of jazz theory and secrets gleaned from 25 years as a teacher and performer.
Randy is a Professor of Jazz Theory at Cornish College of the Arts. He teaches theory, eartraining, jazz piano, and vocal jazz.
Also featured on:
Herb Ellis
Mitchell Herbert "Herb" Ellis was an American jazz guitarist. Perhaps best known for his 1950s membership in the trio of pianist Oscar Peterson, Ellis was also a staple of west-coast studio recording sessions, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as "an excellent bop-based guitarist with a...
, Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco is an American jazz clarinet player.-Biography:DeFranco began his professional career just as swing music and big bands — many of which were led by clarinetists like Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman — were fading in popularity...
, Nick Brignola
Nick Brignola
-Biography:He was born on July 17, 1936 in Troy, New York. Nick was born into a musical family in which his father played the tuba and his uncle played the banjo. As a mostly self-taught musician, he developed his facility on all of his instruments using unconventional techniques, which gave his...
, Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader.He has performed and/or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco, and others...
, Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton is an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.He was a 1998 Grammy Award winner for "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist", as arranger for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater...
, Pete Christlieb
Pete Christlieb
Pete Christlieb is a jazz bebop, West Coast jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Christlieb was born in Los Angeles, California and is the son of bassoonist Don Christlieb...
, Bobby Shew
Bobby Shew
-Biography:After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet with the NORAD band in Colorado Springs and on tour. After leaving the Army, Shew joined Tommy Dorsey's band and then played with the Woody Herman and then the Buddy Rich Big Bands in the mid-to-late...
, Joe LaBarbera
Joe LaBarbera
Joe LaBarbera is an American jazz drummer and composer. He is best known for his recordings and live performances with the trio of pianist Bill Evans in the final years of Evans's career. Prior to joining Evans he worked in the quartet of Chuck Mangione and Joe Farrell.- Early life :He was born...
, Lanny Morgan
Lanny Morgan
Lanny Morgan is an American jazz alto saxophonist chiefly active on the West Coast jazz scene.Morgan was raised in Los Angeles. In the 1950s he played with Charlie Barnet, Si Zentner, Terry Gibbs, and Bob Florence, then did a stint in the U.S. military, for which reason he had to turn down an...
, David Friesen
David Friesen
David Friesen is an American jazz bassist born in Tacoma, Washington. Friesen plays the double bass as well as the Oregon bass, which is an electrified acoustic bass....
, Kim Richmond
Kim Richmond
Kim Richmond is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Richmond played piano, clarinet, and saxophone when young, and made his professional debut in 1956. He studied at the University of Illinois in the early 1960s. He played in the Air Force big band, Airmen of Note, while serving from...
, Don Lanphere
Don Lanphere
Don Lanphere was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist born in Wenatchee, Washington, perhaps best-known for his 1940s and 1950s work and recordings with Fats Navarro , Woody Herman , Claude Thornhill, Sonny Dunham, Billy May and Charlie Barnet, among others.In 1951 he was arrested and...
, Jiggs Whigham
Jiggs Whigham
Jiggs Whigham is an American jazz trombonist living in Europe.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began his professional career at age 17, joining the Glenn Miller/Ray Mckinley orchestra in 1961...
, Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd is a Grammy Award-nominated American jazz trombonist and composer....
, Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath is an American post-bop jazz trumpeter and musical arranger known for his work with Ray Charles, Gary Peacock, Charles Mingus and Glenn Ferris, among others....
, Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan is a jazz musician who plays baritone saxophone. He studied at SUNY before working with Woody Herman...
, Julian Priester
Julian Priester
Julian Priester is an American jazz trombonist and composer.He has played with many artists including Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock.-Biography:...
, Mel Brown
Mel Brown
Mel Brown was an American-born blues guitarist.Brown was nominated for a Juno Award in both 2001 and 2002.Brown, a long-time smoker, died aged 69, on March 20, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, of complications from emphysema....
, and many others. In 2004, Randy recorded with Bay area guitarist Mimi Fox
Mimi Fox
Mimi Fox is an American jazz guitarist known internationally for her work. She has released seven albums, with 2006's Perpetually Hip reaching #23 on the Billboard "Top Jazz Albums" chart....
and the world renowned Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop...
on bass.
Randy wrote Metaphors for the Musician (2001), a collection of jazz theory and secrets gleaned from 25 years as a teacher and performer.
Randy is a Professor of Jazz Theory at Cornish College of the Arts. He teaches theory, eartraining, jazz piano, and vocal jazz.
Selected discography
- Inner Voice (1991)
- Clockwork (Pony Boy Records, 1995)
- Parallel Tracks (Origin Records, 2004)
- Flash Point (Origin Records, 2010)
Also featured on:
- Here in the Moment (2010) with Gail Pettis
- Well Alright (2008) with Nancy Kelly
- May I Come In (2007) with Gail Pettis
- She's The Woman (2004) with Bay Area guitarist Mimi FoxMimi FoxMimi Fox is an American jazz guitarist known internationally for her work. She has released seven albums, with 2006's Perpetually Hip reaching #23 on the Billboard "Top Jazz Albums" chart....
- Greta Matassa: All This and Heaven Too: Live at Bake’s Place (2001)
- Greta Matassa and Mimi Fox: Two for the Road (2003)
- So Many Stars (2000) with Janis Mann
- Lost In His Arms (1999) with Janis Mann
- A Little Moonlight (1997) with Janis Mann
- Circle Dancing (1997) with Jay ClaytonJay ClaytonJay Clayton is an internationally acclaimed avant-garde vocalist and jazz educator.- Early years :...
- Indigenous Groove (1995) with the Clarence Acox Sextet
- Joanna's Dance (1991) with the Clarence Acox Sextet