Articles by Ralph Hepola

“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, writing about “Roots and Wings” from the new recording “Ralph Hepola – Tuba”. “A musician who plays the language of contemporary jazz on the tuba.” - Brian Zimmerman, JAZZIZ jazziz.com JAZZIZ has been called “the voice of a new jazz culture, a culture it helped create,” and over the past 35 years has earned the reputation for its undisputed authority on jazz and style. “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, Jazziz Magazine, All Music Guide, Music Connection, iTunes, Billboard.com, Amazon.com, and Singer/Songwriter Universe. “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, a jazz journalist and historian who has written eleven books including “Trumpet Kings”, “The Jazz Singers” and “Jazz On Record 1917-76”. Ralph Hepola 42 recordings - 29 reissues of recordings - 30 video productions 24,500 page views on All About Jazz Jazz Corner of New York City FestivalNet Vimeo Last Row Music