For those unaware, Randy Hoexter is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator living in Atlanta, Georgia USA. His lastest release titled, “Tomorrowsville” (released October 18th, 2024 on Blue Canoe Records) features Jimmy Haslip on bass, Sam Skelton (woodwinds), John David (drums), Emrah Kotan (percussion), Eric Alexander (trombone), Gordon Vernick (trumpet), Justin Powell (trumpet), Roberta Setzu (vocals), and a guest appearance from Multiple Grammy Winner, Guitarist Mike Stern.

Randy’s keyboard work can be heard on many records and commercials; his talents have been sought by artists as diverse as guitarists Jimmy Herring, Bill Hart and Shane Theriot (Neville Brothers), drummers Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs), Sonny Emory (Earth, Wind and Fire, Bruce Hornsby) and Jeff Sipe, bassists Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan) and Adam Nitti, saxophonist George Howard, gospel group NewSong, Atlanta Symphony Pops, Georgia Symphony Jazz, and others.

1. Rosetta Stone (5:40)
2. The Dragonfly (6:45)
3. Argentum (For Horace) (5:39)
4. The Wine-Dark Sea (6:35)
5. Diaspora (6:46)
6. Evening Comes Early (6:17)
7. Particle Accelerator (4:53)
8. Phosphenes (6:29)
9. Tomorrowsville (5:36)
10. Sonate (2:17)
11. In Bright October (6:32)

This sumptuously honed, effortlessly effervescent new recording opens on the spirited flare of Rosetta Stone and the drum-led hipsway that abounds within The Dragonfly, before we are brought forth the beautifully luxuriant swirls and twirls of Argentum (For Horace) [itself a tribute to pianist Horace Silver], the ornately sculpted, mid-tempo balladry of The Wine-Dark Sea, with the West Africa-impassioned Diaspora along next.

Following them is one of my own personal favorites here, the resplendent Evening Comes Early and the frenetically-charged, yet always controlled rhythms that propel the aptly-named Particle Accelerator [a tribute to the Large Hadron Collider in Europe], they themselves followed by the beautifully euphonious Phosphenes, the propulsive title track Tomorrowsville [inspired by the energetic Latin music of Chick Corea], the album rounding out on the melodically cultured piano interlude Sonate, closing on the flourishing, veritably cinematic In Bright October.

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