About the Author

DON RANDI (Agoura Hills, CA) is a composer, arranger, music director, and keyboard musician. As part of the legendary Wrecking Crew group of studio musicians, he made hundreds of hit records in the 1960s and 1970s. He founded LA's Baked Potato jazz club in 1970 and has owned it ever since, and he has released 20 jazz albums of his own, including the 1980 Grammy-nominated New Baby and the 2013 Acoustimania. KAREN NISH NISHIMURA (Los Angeles, CA) is an independent writer and an entertainment producer behind many digital advertising campaigns and promotions, including projects for Disney Online, Sony Pictures, Mattel, and CBS. A passionate jazz lover, she met Don Randi at the Baked Potato and eagerly agreed to become his biographer.