Randy Klein was born on September 9,1949 and is an American musician, composer, pianist, author, and educator.
11 Facts About Randy Klein
1.
2.
Randy Klein attended Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1967 to 1971.
3.
Randy Klein taught at Berklee from 1971 to 1973 under the supervision of John LaPorta.
4.
In 1992, Randy Klein founded Jazzheads, an independent music label based in New York City.
5.
Randy Klein has released multiple solo piano improvisation recordings, and two albums consisting of duo performances with saxophonist Oleg Kireyev, trombonist Chris Washburne, electric bass guitarist Boris Koslov, and guitarist Alex Skolnick.
6.
Randy Klein is the winner of Gold Records for songs recorded by Polydor recording artist Millie Jackson.
7.
Randy Klein has won four Southern Regional Emmy Awards - "Outstanding Achievement: Individual Excellence - Composer" for his original score to the PBS film-documentary Richard Wright, and three "Outstanding Collaborative Achievement - Composer" awards for his work on Ticktock Minutes.
8.
Randy Klein is the composer of For My People, a song cycle featuring the poetry of American author Margaret Walker.
9.
Randy Klein's compositions, Facing It and Dear John, Dear Coltrane premiered at the 2014 Furious Flower Poetry Conference featuring the combined James Madison University and Morgan State Chorales.
10.
In 2017, Randy Klein authored The Quickstart Guide to Writing a Song, an educational manual on songwriting.
11.
Randy Klein has been published by American Songwriter Magazine, and Music Alive magazine.