Black Box Jazz: Randy Halberstadt

A pianist, arranger, composer, lyricist, and author, Randy has enjoyed an international performing career, having played and/or recorded with instrumentalists Mimi Fox, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, James Moody, Herb Ellis, Houston Person, Bobby Shew, and Jiggs Wigham, and with vocalists Jay Clayton, Sheila Jordan, Ernestine Anderson, Rene Marie, Marlena Shaw, Meredith d’Ambrosio, and Jackie Ryan. In addition to leading his own groups, Randy is the pianist for the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. His recordings include Inner Voice (1991), Clockwork (1995), Parallel Tracks (2004), Flash Point (2010), and Open Heart (2018). Randy’s book, Metaphors For The Musician (2002) has become one of the most highly acclaimed texts in jazz education. His composition “When Springtime Turns To Fall” appears in The All-Jazz Real Book (both books published by Sher Music Co. in 2002). Randy taught for 41 years at Seattle’s prestigious Cornish College of the Arts.