Roger Kellaway
{{Short description|American jazz musician (born 1939)}}
Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger and jazz pianist{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roger-kellaway-mn0000031820/biography|title=Roger Kellaway | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 29, 2021}} who has recorded over 250 albums, and composed over 20 film scores {{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445524/ | title=Roger Kellaway | Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack | website=IMDb }}
Life and career
Kellaway was born in Waban, Massachusetts, United States.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=237}} He is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory. Kellaway has composed commissioned works for ensembles of various sizes. He also has composed music for film, television, ballet and stage productions. Pianist Phil Saltman was one of his early mentors.
In 1964, Kellaway was a piano sideman for composer/arranger Boris Midney's group The Russian Jazz Quartet's album Happiness on ABC/Impulse jazz records.
Kellaway composed the closing theme, "Remembering You" for the television sitcom All in the Family, which was also used as the closing theme for the spinoff Archie Bunker's Place.
In 1970, Kellaway formed the Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet with cellist Edgar Lustgarden. Their piece "Come to the Meadow" was used as the theme for the NPR program Selected Shorts. For their 1978 album, Nostalgia Suite, the group became a quintet with drummer Joe Porcaro.
On November 7 and 8, 2008, Kellaway was bandleader and pianist for the Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl concerts by Van Morrison, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Morrison's acclaimed 1968 album.
Kellaway was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adaptation Score for A Star Is Born (1976), and a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the Eddie Daniels album Memos from Paradise (1988). Guitarist Robben Ford credits Kellaway and Tom Scott, whom he met while playing for Joni Mitchell, as major influences on his music.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBtZ3WyZ_Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_kBtZ3WyZ_Y |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Robben Ford Guitar Lesson|publisher=YouTube|access-date=15 March 2013}}{{cbignore}} Kellaway was featured on Ilya Serov's original rendition of Django Reinhardt's song "Swing 42" in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud-DpUMpY-U|title=ILYA SEROV (featuring ROGER KELLAWAY) - "Swing 42"|publisher=YouTube|access-date=January 22, 2020}}
Discography
=As leader=
=As arranger=
With Melanie
- Born to Be (Buddah, 1968)
- Gather Me (Neighborhood/Buddah, 1971)
- Stoneground Words (Neighborhood, 1972)
- Madrugada (Neighborhood, 1973)
With Carmen McRae
- I Am Music (Blue Note, 1975)
With Diane Schuur
- Love Songs (UMG, 1993)
With Liza Minnelli
- Gently (Angel, 1996)
With Robben Ford
- Supernatural (GRP, 1999)
With Gary Lemel
- Moonlighting (Warner, 1999)
=As sideman=
With Kenny Burrell
- Guitar Forms (Verve, 1964–65)
- Happiness (Impulse!, 1964)
With Stan Getz
With J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding
- Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1969)
With George Harrison
- Dark Horse (Apple, 1974)
With Jimmy Knepper
- Jimmy Knepper in L.A. (Discomate, 1977)
With Herbie Mann
With Mark Murphy
- That's How I Love the Blues! (Riverside, 1962)
With Oliver Nelson
- More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1964)
- Soulful Brass with Steve Allen (Impulse!, 1968)
- Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
With Art Pepper
- Unreleased Art Pepper Vol. 2 — the Last Concert (Widow's Choice, 2019)
With Sonny Rollins
- Alfie (Impulse!, 1966)
With Lalo Schifrin
- There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Dot, 1968)
With Bud Shank
- Let It Be (Pacific Jazz, 1970)
With Zoot Sims
With Sonny Stitt
- Broadway Soul (Colpix, 1965)
With Clark Terry
- The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (Impulse!, 1964)
- Tonight (Mainstream, 1965)
- The Power of Positive Swinging (Mainstream, 1965)
With Ben Webster
- See You at the Fair (Impulse!, 1964)
With Kai Winding
- Rainy Day (Verve, 1965)
With Jimmy Witherspoon
- Blues for Easy Livers (Prestige, 1965)
With Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma
- Anything Goes (CBS, 1989)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0445524|name=Roger Kellaway}}
- [http://www.rogerkellaway.com/biography Biography page on the Roger Kellaway website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218120034/http://newenglandconservatory.edu/alumni/alumni_profiles/profiles/kellaway.htm New England Conservatory page on Roger Kellaway]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud-DpUMpY-U Roger Kellaway featured on "Swing 42"]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ffjBfVt0A Roger Kellaway live at Mezzrow Jazz Club 3rd May 2023]
- [https://sounds.bl.uk/sounds/roger-kellaway-interviewed-by-stan-britt-1st-interview-1000790301530x000009 Roger Kellaway interview 1979-12-10 at British Library]
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