Randy Napoleon: Between Friends
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Randy Napoleon
Randy Napoleon is a jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger who is a member of The Freddy Cole Quartet and the leader of the Randy Napoleon Trio. He has toured with Benny Green, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra , led by John Clayton, Jeff Clayton and Jeff Hamilton, and with Michael Bublé.-Early...
Trio on half the tracks and a quartet featuring master pianist Benny Green on the others.
The trio is Randy Napoleon (guitar), Jared Gold (organ), and Quincy Davis (drums). The quartet is Napoleon, Davis, Green, and David Wong (bass).
The song Between Friends. does not appear on this album. In the liner notes, Napoleon writes that he selected the title because "This is an album I made with my friends for you to enjoy with yours."
Between Friends is the trio's second album. The first, Enjoy the Moment
Enjoy the Moment
Enjoy the Moment is the 2002 album, a collaboration of guitarist Randy Napoleon and organist Jared Gold, featuring Quincy Davis on drums. It is also the name of the title song, written by Napoleon. The collaboration was released in 2002....
, released in 2002, was a collaboration between Napoleon and Gold and also featured Davis on drums. The trio has stayed together through the years, even though all three members have had impressive stints as sidemen to other artists in the time between dates with each other.
There is also a history to the collaboration with Benny Green on this album. Both Napoleon and Davis have toured with Green (at different times). In the album liner notes, Napoleon indicates that Green has been an important mentor.
Tracks
- Face the Truth (Randy Napoleon)
- No Moon at All (Redd Evans)
- These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Jack Strachey)
- These are the Things We Throw Away (Randy Napoleon)
- Moon and Sand (Alec Wilder, Mortimer S Palitz & Willian C Engvick)
- Remember (Irving BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
) - Today is Tomorrow (Randy Napoleon)
- You're My Everything (Harry Warren)
- With a Song in My Heart (Richard RogersRichard RogersRichard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs....
) - A Time for Love (Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster)
- In Good Spirits (Quincy Davis)