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!