Randy Napoleon, a jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger, leads his own trio, quartet and sextet when not on the road with the Freddy Cole Quartet.

Napoleon plays guitar on Cole's 2009 release, The Dreamer in Me, recorded live at Lincoln Center, and he arranged and performs on Cole's 2010 Grammy-nominated release, Freddy Cole Sings for Mr. B. Napoleon has appeared on TV with Cole, on a 2007 PBS special and on the 2009 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.

Napoleon has also toured with Benny Green(2000–2001), Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, CHJO (2003–2004) and Michael Bublé (2004–2007). He has appeared on TV in Japan with CHJO and throughout Europe and the United States with Bublé.

His U.S. TV appearances with Bublé include David Letterman, Jay Leno, The View, The Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Regis and Kelly, Dancing with the Stars, the Radio Music Awards, Entertainment Tonight, and a PBS special, Caught in the Act, which is available on DVD/CD from Reprise Records. He has also appeared on TV with Sachal Vasandani and others.

Napoleon has also performed with jazz artists including The Bill Charlap Trio and Rodney Whitaker.He has appeared with cabaret artists including Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, with whom he recorded the 2011 album, Bitter/Sweet.

Napoleon has played in venues across the United States, including The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, Radio City Music Hall and throughout the world, such as Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Discography:

As Leader:
Randy Napoleon: Between Friends
Enjoy the Moment

As a member of other bands:
Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B (arranger, performer; recording nominated for Grammy 2010)
Freddy Cole The Dreamer in Me: Live at Dizzy's Club (performer)
Eric Comstock: Bitter/Sweet (performer)
Michael Bublé: Caught in The Act (performer; recording nominated for Grammy 2007)
Jared Gold: Solids & Stripes (performer)
Melissa Morgan: Until I Met You (performer)
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Live at MCG (performer)
Michael Bublé: With Love (performer)
Michael Bublé: Let It Snow (performer)
Michael Bublé: A Taste of Bublé (performer)
The Josh Brown Quartet: The Feeling of Jazz (performer, composer of Street Steam)
Charles Darden: Coming Back to Me (arranger, performer)
Justin Ray (performer, composer of Psychic Ping Pong)
Ben Jansson: Sweetie Pie (performer, arranger of Young at Heart)
Paul Keller/Steve Richko: Swingin' the Praise (performer)
Michael Camacho: Just for You (performer)
Don't Go to Strangers (performer)
An Interpretation of a Universal Language (performer, one track only)
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