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Brian Kelly
Instrument | Piano
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Last Updated: July 21, 2008
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Born: March 16, 1960

Brian Kelly is a Contemporary Instrumental composer, pianist, and producer. His latest release, Afterplay (his second CD of piano based instrumental music), includes the world- renowned talents of Eric Crystal on sax (Boz Scaggs, Omar Sosa), David Rokeach on drums (Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles), Viviana Guzman on flute, James Robinson on guitar, and other fine musicians.

His debut album, Pools of Light, released in 2005 on his own Skylight Music label has received wide critical acclaim. The album charted at #1 for two months on the instrumental music radio chart in North America, was nominated for “Best New Artist 2005” (NAR Lifestyle Music Awards), and voted Top 10 Best New Age Albums of 2004 by Kathy Parsons of Solo Piano Publications.

In 2006 Brian published Pools of Light: The Solo Piano Songbook, a collection of 12 solo piano arrangements (sheet music) from the album. The songbook is available as a digital download in pdf format.

His music receives national and international airplay from radio stations and satellite music networks around the world.

Brian is a graduate of Hampshire College and a voting member of the Recording Academy. He resides in Northern California near San Francisco.

For more information, please visit www briankelly.com

Home: Oakland, CA

Press Quotes

“...POOLS OF LIGHT is a lush, sparkling journey into a beautiful world of elegant melodies and brilliant artistry. The music rises and falls in powerful, yet gentle, waves of emotion... a totally captivating collection of original compositions…” - SmoothJazz.com

”A talent worth watching” - Keyboard Magazine

“Kelly's music has that wonderful dream-like quality that comes out of the mist and pulls you towards the light” - New Age Reporter

“The CD has a wonderful flow and cohesiveness, creating an uplifting and relaxing musical experience... Very highly recommended” - Kathy Parsons

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Winner of Keyboard Magazine's 5th Annual Reader's Soundpage Contest.

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