''Enjoy the Moment'' is a 2002 album, a collaboration of guitarist
Randy Napoleon
Randy Napoleon (born 30 May 1978) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger who tours nationally and internationally. He has also toured with the Freddy Cole Quartet, Benny Green (pianist), the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra led by ...
and organist
Jared Gold
Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.
Origin
In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth in the ten pre- flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of ...
, featuring
Quincy Davis on drums.
"Enjoy the Moment" is also the name of the title song, written by Napoleon. “The melody came to me walking down Broadway with some friends. It's a song about appreciating friendship,” noted Napoleon about the title song.
Later collaborations between the artists include Napoleon's 2006 album, ''
Randy Napoleon: Between Friends'', which also features Davis and Gold and includes bass guitarist David Wong and pianist
Benny Green. Gold's 2008 album, ''Solids & Stripes,'' features Napoleon on guitar.
Tracks
# The Nest (Jared Gold)
# Enjoy the Moment (Randy Napoleon)
# Never Let Me Go (Jay Livingston & Ray Evans)
# This End Up (Jared Gold)
# To Have, To Lose (Randy Napoleon)
# I Wish I Knew (Harry Warren & Mack Gordon)
# Taking a Chance on Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, & John Latouche)
# In My Life
External links
Official Randy Napoleon site
at Posi-Tone Records
Mark F. Turner on ''Enjoy the Moment''Lawrence Cosentino on ''Enjoy the Moment''
2002 albums
Bebop albums
Jazz albums by American artists
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