Origin Artist

Rick Roe won first place in the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in 1994, was twice a semifinalist in Thelonius Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, in 1993 and 1999, and has been a featured performer in the Jacksonville (Florida) Jazz, Savannah (Georgia) Onstage International Arts, Montreaux/Detroit Jazz, Birmingham Jazz, Lansing Jazz, Flint Jazz, and Hawaii Jazz (with Frank Morgan) Festivals.

Mr. Roe has served as an educator/clinician at the University of Arizona, North Texas University, Michigan State University, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the University of Michigan, and the Montreaux/ Detroit Jazz Festival. He has given performances with Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, Rodney Whitaker, Frank Foster, Andrew Speight, Wycliffe Gordon, Gerald Cleaver, Victor Goines, Louis Smith, Randy Gelispie, Vincent York, Wendall Harrison, Dwight Adams, and many others. His recordings include The Changeover (1997), Monk's Modern Music (1995), and Sphere (2005).

RECORDINGS FEATURING Rick Roe

Rodney Whitaker with the Christ Church Cranbrook Choir

Cranbrook Christmas Jazz

Origin 82814

Alex Graham

The Good Life

Origin 82446

Randy Napoleon

The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill

OA2 Records 22224

Randy Napoleon

Puppets - The Music of Gregg Hill

OA2 Records 22202

Randy Napoleon

Rust Belt Roots: Randy Napoleon Plays Wes Montgomery, Grant Green & Kenny Burrell

OA2 Records 22193