Randy Vincent
began his career in Florida and moved to the San Francisco
Area in 1980.
Since then, he has
divided his time between performing and teaching. Among
the many musicians with whom he has performed and recorded
are: Joe
Henderson,
Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hutcherson, Leny Andrade,
Stephanie Ozer, Mel Martin, Benny Barth,
Mel Graves, Bennett Friedman, Larry Baskett, Peter Welker,
Chris Amberger, George Marsh, Smith Dobson, Bill Watrous, George
Cables,
Tony Dumas, Akira Tana, Billy Childs, Bob Sheppard, Steve
Smith,
Harold Jones, Bob Badgley, Ernie Watts, Warren Gale, Herb
Pomeroy, the Bay Area Jazz Composers' Orchestra, the New Oakland
Jazz
Orchestra, Dave Eshelman Jazz Garden Big Band, and The
Turtle Island String Quartet. He plays on a regular basis with
many
local musicians throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
He has performed at numerous
jazz festivals such as Monterey Jazz Festival, Mount Hood Festival,
San Francisco Jazz Festival, Telluride Colorado Jazz Festival,
Space Coast Jazz Festival, North Coast Jazz Festival, Fairfax Jazz
Festival, Benicia Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Sacramento
Jazz Festival, Cotati Jazz Festival, Jazz on the (Russian) River,
Harvest Festival, San Miguel de Allende Jazz Festival in Mexico,
and at the Hollywood Bowl for Dizzy Gillespie's 75th birthday
celebration.
Randy has taught jazz guitar
at Sonoma State University (in Sonoma County, California) since
1981 and has conducted clinics throughout the U.S. While on
tour with Joe Henderson, he taught at Taller de Musicos in
Madrid, Spain.
Randy's students include Julian Lage, the young prodigy who
appeared on the 2000 Grammy Awards show. Randy has also taught
Dave McNab,
who has worked with Shelby Lynne and has appeared on The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman;
and Liberty Ellman, who works on a regular basis with Greg Osby
and Henry Threadgill. |
