Randy Waldman

RECORDINGS PERFORMING ON AND/OR ARRANGED:
BARBRA STREISAND CELINE DION MICHAEL BOLTON RAY CHARLES OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN MICHAEL JACKSON WHITNEY HOUSTON LAURA BRANIGAN ROCKWELL MICHAEL SEMBELLO DENIECE WILLIAMS JOHNNY MATHIS JOSE FELICIANO DAVID SANBORN THE JETS DAVID FOSTER AMY IRVING JIMMY JAM / TERRY LEWIS B.B.KING BACKSTREET BOYS DIANA KRALL CAROLE KING MADONNA DOLLY PARTON ARETHA FRANKLIN SAMMY DAVIS, JR. DIANA ROSS HENRY MANCINI JAMES INGRAM VANESSA WILLIAMS HERB ALPERT HUBERT LAWS	BURT BACHARACH PATTI AUSTIN JULIO IGLESIAS LOU RAWLS ISAAC HAYES THE COMMITMENTS GOLDIE HAWN MERYL STREEP DIANE SCHUUR N SYNC BONNIE RAITT QUINCY JONES KENNY ROGERS KENNY LOGGINS MANHATTAN TRANSFER PATTI LABELLE BARRY MANILOW SERGIO MENDEZ THE POINTER SISTERS DIONNE WARWICK MINNIE RIPERTON JOHN DENVER PLACIDO DOMINGO NEW EDITION SHEENA EASTON JODY WATLEY ART GARFUNKEL TAKE SIX CYBILL SHEPHERD BUCK HENRY CHER JAMES TAYLOR
MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS PERFORMED ON
FORREST GUMP WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT THE COLOR PURPLE SHOWTIME ICE AGE NAKED GUN 1 & 2 SOAPDISH BODYGUARD FATHER OF THE BRIDE 1 & 2 COCOON THREE MEN AND A BABY BABY BOOM ROXANNE BEETLEJUICE SWING SHIFT MR. SATURDAY NIGHT THE QUICK & THE DEAD HONEYMOON MOUSE HUNT MIRROR HAS TWO FACES ODD COUPLE 2 PRESUMED INOCENT STUART LITTLE 1 & 2 REINDEER GAMES WHAT LIES BENEATH DUPLEX HOFFA SPLASH BACK TO THE FUTURE 1, 2 & 3 PREDATOR ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE I LOVE TROUBLE THE SHADOW WIND BACK TO THE BEACH THE BLACK CAULDRON THE ABYSS ROMANCING THE STONE GHOSTBUSTERS WAR OF THE ROSES YOUNG GUNS 2 POLICE ACADEMY 2 SHORT CIRCUIT 2 THAT THING YOU DO VOLCANO HONEY I BLEW UP THE KIDS HUDSON HAWK TITANIC RANDOM HEARTS A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX	WHICH WAY IS UP DEATH TO SMOOCHIE BLOWN AWAY LEGAL EAGLES NUTS ALIVE LITTLE RASCALS CRITICAL CONDITION THE FURY MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE WITHOUT A TRACE SUMMER VACATION AMERICAN ANTHEM OVERBOARD PERFECT CODE OF SILENCE RICHIE RICH FOXFIRE GRUMPY OLD MEN GRUMPIER OLD MEN (2) JANUARY MAN THE JERKY BOYS TURNER AND HOOCH MR. MOM SEARGENT BILKO LILO AND STITCH MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ANASTASIA BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TX BLAME IT ON RIO BREWSTERS MILLIONS CLEAN SLATE CONTACT COPS AND ROBBERSONS DEAR GOD DICK TRACY DEATH BECOMES HER FRANKIE AND JOHNNY THE FRESHMAN GREMLINS 2 HOME ALONE 2 JUDGE DREDD JO JO DANCER KARATE KID 3 LEONARD PART 6 MAC AND ME SHATTERED SUPER MARIO BROS. IDENTITY
PRODUCED	TOURED WITH
BOBBY CALDWELL PATTI LaBELLE KENNY G. THE STYLISTICS THE JETS GLENN MADEIROS KATEY SAGAL MARY WILSON NANCY WILSON	FRANK SINATRA .......Piano BARBRA STREISAND..Piano GEORGE BENSON .....Piano/Conductor JOSH GROBAN ...........Piano/Conductor LOU RAWLS ...............Piano MINNIE RIPERTON ......Piano/Conductor PAUL ANKA.................Piano O.C SMITH...................Piano/Conductor DAVID FOSTER .........Keys/Piano
AWARDS
GRAMMY AWARD for Co-Arrangement of Barbra Streisand's "Somewhere" . GRAMMY NOMINATION for "Best Vocal Arrangement" - Manhattan Transfer. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, by NARRAS Los Angeles
LIVE PERFORMANCES WITH
FRANK SINATRA ELTON JOHN BRIAN WILSON RICKIE LEE JONES PATTI AUSTIN KD LANGE CYBILL SHEPHERD MACY GREY MELISSA ETHERIDGE THREE MO’ TENORS JASON ALEXANDER GARTH BROOKS GLORIA ESTEFAN NANCY WILSON TOM JONES BOZ SCAGGS LIONEL RICHIE MICHAEL McDONALD DONNY OSMOND K.C. (THE SUNSHINE BAND) BILLY JOEL EDDIE VAN HALEN AARON NEVILLE NATALIE COLE PATTI LABELLE RUBEN BLADES SHAWN COLVIN BON JOVI JOSH GROBAN LYLE LOVETT BABYFACE ANNIE LENNOX KELLY CLARKSON JAMES INGRAM CLARK TERRY NELSON RIDDLE AMERICA PETER CETERA SEAL PHILIP BAILEY (EW&F) DEBORAH COX WINONA JUDD FAITH HILL MICHAEL BUBLE´	GOLDIE HAWN MARY C. CARPENTER JOHNNY MATHIS BARBRA STREISAND SHIRLEY MacLAINE DIONNE WARWICK STEVIE WONDER SHELBY LYNNE GARTH BROOKS ROB THOMAS ROBERT WAGNER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DIANA ROSS PAM TILLIS HILLARY DUFF HERBIE HANCOCK KANYE WEST JEFF BECK REBA MCENTIRE BRIAN McKNIGHT WYNTON MARSALIS CLAY AIKEN RUBEN STUDDARD JOHN WILLIAMS CHYNNA PHILLIPS HENRY MANCINI ERIC CLAPTON DIAHANN CARROLL VINCE GILL HARRY CONNICK JR. ZIGGY MARLEY DON HENLEY DESTINY’S CHILD MIKE CONNERS WILSON PHILLIPS JOSH GROBAN MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR JAMES MOODY CHRIS BOTTI JIMMY WEBB CHERYL LYNN KATHARINE MCPHEE CHARICE

Biography

Beginning at the age of five, Randy's future was already set in stone. While all the other children his age were out playing baseball, running around and doing what kids do at that age, Randy was sitting at the piano. At the age of 12, Randy was hired for his first professional job, demonstrating pianos at a music store.

While still in high school, Randy was already a very busy musician, playing for shows, backing up singers and various musical jobs. At the age of 21, he was hired to go on tour as the pianist for Frank Sinatra. Shortly thereafter, Randy was hired to tour with The Letterman, which brought Randy to the west coast.

Within his first year of moving to Los Angeles, Randy continued to work on live concerts with Sinatra. He was also hired to tour with various artists, starting with Minnie Ripperton, then Lou Rawls, Paul Anka, and George Benson, the latter of whom hired Randy to be his pianist, conductor and arranger for the next seven years.

Randy's reputation quickly spread in the Los Angeles studio scene, and he started to get more and more calls for recording sessions until he eventually ended his full-time touring to devote all of his time to studio work. What followed were ten years of non-stop recording session work on records, movies, TV, jingles, songwriting and arranging. Some records Randy's talents can be heard on are: Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Vanessa Williams, Patti LaBelle, Michael Jackson, and many others. Motion picture soundtracks that he performed on are: Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hoffa, Back to the Future, The Bodyguard, Father of the Bride, Beetlejuice, to name a few.

During this period, Randy was nominated for Best Vocal Arrangement for "Code of Ethics" which he co-wrote for the Manhattan Transfer. He also co-arranged (and performed) on the hit song "Somewhere" for Barbra Streisand, which won a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement. Randy was voted Most Valuable player during this time and was nominated Most Valuable Player three other times by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Lately, Randy has been wearing the producer hat, having produced Johnny Mathis, Bobby Caldwell, Patti LaBelle, Kenny G, The Stylistics, Mary Wilson, and others. As an orchestra arranger, he has written arrangements for Beyonce, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Johnny Mathis, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Wilson, Gladys Knight, Kenny G. and many others.

For several years, Randy's peers had asked him, "Why haven't you done your own record"? The more he thought about it, the more sense it started to make. Randy eventually created The Randy Waldman Trio and released the albums "Wigged Out", "Unreel" and "Timing is Everything."