Event

Randy Napoleon and Michael Dease: Duets

We're excited to announce a wonderful night of music with world-class jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon, featuring Michael Dease on Trombone!

7PM
Doors at 6:30

All ages
$15

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Randy Napoleon:
http://randynapoleon.com/
Napoleon is a composer and an arranger for singers, big bands, and small combos. He arranged as well as performed on Coles 2010 Grammy-nominated release from High Note, Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B. He is the guitarist on Coles Live at Dizzys Club: The Dreamer in Me, Talk to Me, This and That, and Freddy Cole Sings The Blues. He has performed with artists across the jazz spectrum such as Bill Charlap, Natalie Cole, Monty Alexander, Houston Person, Rodney Whitaker, Melissa Morgan, Aaron Diehl, Josh Brown, Dmitry Baevsky, Jared Gold, Etienne Charles, Mike Dease, Sara Gazarek, Brianna Thomas, Bootsie Barnes, Mike Karn, Eric Comstock. Will and Pete Anderson, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks.

Michael Dease:
A Grammy award-winning trombonist, he has played with many of todays foremost jazz orchestras, including those led by Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Charles Tolliver and Rufus Reid. He has revitalized the trombones image on the frontline of quintets and sextets lead by masters musicians like Winard Harper, Renee Rosnes, Bill Charlap, Claudio Roditi, The Heath Brothers and Lewis Nash. - See more at: http://music.msu.edu/faculty/profile/michael#sthash.suCPLl7X.dpuf