Roger Kellaway - A Jazz Portrait Of Roger Kellaway
Artist : Roger Kellaway
Album : A Jazz Portrait Of Roger Kellaway
Year : 1990
Genre : Jazz
Source : CDDA
Label : Fresh Sounds Records
CatNr : FSR-CD 147
URL : www.freshsoundrecords.com
Date : 19-03-2009
Quality : VBR
Size : 60,5 MB
Time : 42:00 min
01 double fault 06:20
02 step right up 05:13
03 here today, gone tommorow 05:37
04 black wall tunnel blues 04:47
05 crazy she calls me 05:49
06 broken windmill 03:04
07 same old, same old 03:00
08 and elsewhere 05:08
09 cinderella 03:02
Featuring: Roger Kellaway (p), Ben Tucker (b), Dave Bailey (d),
Jim Hall (g), Steve Swallow (b), Tony Inzalaco (d)
Recorded in New York City, 1963
Biography:
A virtuosic pianist whose phenomenal technique rivals Dick Hyman's,
Roger Kellaway's work in commercial settings prior to the 1980s led to
him being initially overlooked in the jazz world. He played piano and
bass at the New England Conservatory (1957-1959) and actually left
school to play bass with Jimmy McPartland. Switching permanently to
piano, Kellaway picked up experience working with Kai Winding, Al
Cohn/Zoot Sims, and Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer (1963-1965). He recorded
with many players, including Ben Webster, Maynard Ferguson, Wes
Montgomery, and Sonny Rollins, and in 1966 moved to Los Angeles where he
played with Don Ellis' innovative orchestra. Kellaway became Bobby
Darin's musical director, worked in the studios (his piano is heard
playing the theme of All in the Family), wrote film scores, experimented
with electric keyboards, played with Tom Scott, and recorded with his
popular (but mostly non-jazz) Cello Quartet. Although he gigged locally
with Zoot Sims and Harry "Sweets" Edison, it was not until the mid-'80s
that Kellaway started playing jazz nearly full-time. His many records
since then (for Concord, All Art, Stash, and Chiaroscuro) attest to his
impressive talents - Scott Yanow (AMG)
(www.freshsoundrecords.com/record.php?record_id=1512)