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Spring 2026 Release!​

Paul Keller Orchestra

"Thank You Notes"

The Music of Gregg Hill

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Thank You Notes is the vibrant result of a five-year creative partnership between bassist, bandleader, and arranger Paul Keller and composer Gregg Hill. With the dynamic addition of vocalist/clarinetist Sarah D’Angelo and vibraphonist Cary Kocher to the Midwestern All-Star lineup that forms the PKO band, creating an album that's lively, layered, and rich in musical depth. Order your early release copy now!

 

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December 2025

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Rick Roe

Wake Up Call

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..."everyone involved in Wake Up Call deserves roses."

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"...Roe’s ambitious arrangement takes listeners on a trip Hill never considered. The exceptionally unified band of Detroiters further elevates the music, drawing out its formal implications and exciting the emotions. Marvel at the dancing, interactive beat that Roe, the brilliant bassist Robert Hurst, and the animated drummer Nate Winn slap on the song. Note the mature pacing, spontaneity, and relaxed intensity generated in the solos by Roe and tenor saxophonist Marcus Elliot.

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This rewarding alchemy between composer, arranger, and ensemble distinguishes every track on Wake Up Call, the 19th – yes, 19th – recording of Hill’s music to appear in the last decade. Based in Lansing, Mich., and largely self-taught as a composer, Hill, 79, has been methodically documenting his catalog of nearly 200 songs in partnership with the world-class talent in southeast Michigan."

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— Mark Stryker

Author of Jazz from Detroit (2019) and writer-producer of The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit (2025).

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July 2025 Release!

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Randy Napoleon​

"Waking Dreams"

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 ...one of the truly premier players on his instrument anywhere. His dexterity, fluid ideas and command of a tricky instrument must be recognized as top drawer.


—Jazz Guitar Today

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Surrounded by the brilliant musical family who have centered his band for years—bassist Rodney Whitaker, pianist Rick Roe and drummer Quincy Davis—guitarist Randy Napoleon calls back four of his fleet-fingered, virtuoso former guitar students to share the stage and build up something new for this ambitious album, his 10th as a leader. Centered on compositions from the prolific Gregg Hill, along with several of his own, he arranged each for this 5-guitar choir of musicians, all connected through years of Napoleon's mentorship, each fully evolved in their own artistry. Whether adding other-worldly harmonic density, lush string-like backgrounds, subtle counter melodies or cascading rhythmic intrigue, Waking Dream comes across as a one-of-a-kind sonic experience, while still in the mainstream of modern jazz recordings.

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