Randall Haywood is destined to become a
household name in the music industry! A recent
graduate from the Juilliard School, there seems to be
no limit for this multi-talented musician who plays
trumpet, drums and piano. If you knew the family of
Randall Haywood, then you would understand why the
Florida native was destined to be a musician. His father
played piano with Al Green, the Bar-Kays, and Benny
Latimore. His uncle played sax with Elvin Jones,
Jimmy Hendrix, and Betty Wright. His grandfather
recorded with Sam Cooke. With all of this musical
influence in the family, it is plausible to see how
Randall could not help but to embrace this musical
talent and ensconce himself with some of the most
popular artists of today.
Randall's performance experience includes
performing with hip-hop artist/ actor Ludacris and
R&B singer T-Pain, appearing on several late night
television shows such as: Saturday Night Live, The
Late Show w/ David Letterman, The Tonight Show w/
Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Jimmy
Kimmel Live. Randall was a featured trumpet soloist
on the PBS special, ‘Marsalis on Music’. He recorded
and toured with renown, jazz pianist Marcus Roberts.
In 1995, Randall became the youngest person to ever
perform with the prestigious Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra. Some of the jazz festivals that Randall has
performed in are the North Sea Festival (Netherlands),
Pori Jazz Festival (Finland), Vitoria Jazz Festival
(Spain) Vienna Festival (Austria), Prague Festival
(Czechoslovakia), and Istanbul Jazz Festival (Turkey)
just to name a few. Randall's associations with Wynton
Marsalis and Marcus Roberts has enabled him to share
the stage with musical giants such as: cellist Yo-Yo Ma,
the incomparable violinist Itzhak Perlman, the late
great Grover Washington Jr. and, legendary conductor
Seiji Ozawa.
While maintaining a flourishing performance
career, Randall continues his educational career as
well. As a music educator, he has had the opportunity
to teach a diverse group of students of various age
ranges and social economic backgrounds within his
community as well as abroad. Throughout his entire
professional career, Randall has had the privilege of
traveling internationally conducting music workshops
and performances in countries such as France,
Columbia, Costa Rica and Japan teaching music
notation (sight-reading), written and aural theory,
music history, and jazz improvisation (bebop to avant-
garde) as well as private and group lessons for brass
wind, percussion, piano and voice.
Having a wonderful performance and
educational career, great songwriting and producing
capabilities and possessing the energy, desire and
passion to provide sincere world-class music, there is
no doubt that Randall Haywood will indeed become a
household name in the music industry!
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