Radiant, the new CD release from Randy Hoexter features:
Mike Barry,
Dennis Caiazza,
Carl Culpepper,
Tom Knight,
Bob Lewis,
Chip Lunsford,
Adam Nitti,
Joe Reda,
Keith Runfola,
Sam Skelton,
Eric South,
Mike Stern,
Gordon Vernick, and
Dave Weckl.
Pianist/composer Randy Hoexter has been at the top of Atlanta's jazz and studio scenes for more than fifteen years. Randy's distinctive work can be heard on countless records and commercials; his talents have been sought by artists as diverse as guitarists Jimmy Herring (ARU, Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead), Bill Hart and Shane Theriot (Neville Brothers), drummers Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs), Sonny Emory (Earth, Wind and Fire, Bruce Hornsby) and Jeff Sipe, bassists Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan) and Adam Nitti, saxophonist George Howard, gospel group "NewSong," the Atlanta Symphony and others.
Randy has played with the following artists exactly once: (not because they fired him)
Gladys Knight, Peter Frampton, Whitney Houston, Trisha Yearwood, Clay Aiken, Stanley Turrentine and others he can't remember.
Randy's critically acclaimed debut CD "Radiant," features new and original jazz compositions for piano, rhythm section and horns, and includes performances by such talents as Mike Stern, Dave Weckl, Sam Skelton, Tom Knight and Adam Nitti. Hailed by Modern Drummer as "...outstanding... a welcome breath of fresh air," "Radiant" was recently chosen to be featured on the internationally syndicated "Jazzsouth" radio program.
As a commercial composer, Randy writes and produces music for Bank of America, Yamaha Corporation, Univision, Timberland, 615 Music, Arby's, Kohler, Novo/Nordisk, The Sunshine Network and many others, and produces records for local and regional artists. Currently Randy's composition "Mind Bender" is used on the Japanese daily network news program "The Wide."
Randy has taught Theory, Jazz Improvisation and Composition at the Atlanta Institute of Music since 1988, and currently serves as Director of Curriculum. In that capacity, he has worked with many notable artists including Peter Erskine, John Scofield, Robben Ford, Jimmy Haslip, Victor Wooten, Joel Rosenblatt, Wayne Krantz and Scott Henderson. Randy is also on the faculty of Lagrange College where he teaches jazz piano and jazz theory.
I'm decent. Bartending and playing in the snow is pretty much all I do. Will be starting a blues band with a few friends, first practice is tomorrow. It's good to be home, but I do miss all my "people" (ha!) down south!
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