All About Jazz

46 recordings including the major labels EMI and Warner Music, many reissues, 39 video productions, Pulitzer Prize, Grammy and Tony Award winners and nominees
New York City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Switzerland’s Basel Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University/Arnold Jacobs, The United States Army Band of Washington, D.C., Missouri Arts Council April 2021 Featured Artist
“A musician who plays the language of contemporary jazz on the tuba.”
–  JAZZIZ
“Tu like a tuba, fufu like a funker and gro like a groover. This tune has Herbie fusion magic all over it.” 4 stars
– Fiona Ord-Shrimpton, Editor/Curator of Track of the Day on All About Jazz, the world’s biggest jazz website
“Ralph Hepola’s Tuba carves out a place for the much-maligned horn in modern jazz.”
“The virtuoso tuba player leads his quartet through a set of his freewheeling originals, playing with remarkable fluency as the lead instrument.”
“With the release of Tuba, Ralph Hepola shows that not only is his instrument worthy of being a lead voice in jazz, but that he is one of the finest tuba players on the scene today.”
– Jazz Promo Services press release, based in New York, and part of the Big Apple Jazz Scene for more than twenty-five years
“Hey Jazz Fans – Ready for Some Hipster Heptones? Veteran tuba master Ralph Hepola creates a dynamic, supremely soulful new lead voice for the idiom on his eclectic debut album Tuba.”
– Jonathan Widran, a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Downbeat, All Music Guide
“Ralph Hepola makes a strong case for the tuba as a lead instrument in jazz.”
“The songs on Tuba cover a wide range of styles. Ralph Hepola’s tuba somehow sounds natural in all of these different styles, playing with the creativity and power of a trumpet or trombone but in his own personal voice.”
– Scott Yanow, author of thirteen books on jazz

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