Randall "Randy" Sandke (1949) has gained fame in Europe mainly as a trumpet player on the Concord, Arbors and Nagel-Heyer labels, playing traditional and mainstream jazz. At the same time he enjoys a reputation with his American colleagues as one of the most versatile and effective jazz trumpet players of the moment. Dick Hyman calls him when he needs a 1920s sound like Bix Beiderbecke's, and none other than Benny Goodman called upon him in 1985 to play the parts of Harry James, Ziggy Elman and Chris Griffin in his big band. You might also want to call Sandke if you're looking for someone who can perform roaring 1950s be-bop Dizzy Gillespie style, 1960s and 70s fusion jazz, or 1980s neo-bop. By comparison: the average professional jazz
