Jazz Articles about Soul Ballet

Soul Ballet: DreamBeatDream

by Brian Soergel
September 3, 2004

The dreamy, sexy music that Soul Ballet offers comes courtesy of Rick Kelly, who imagines Soul Ballet as a conceptual process. What kind of process? Well, it you like downtempo instrumentals with elements of classical, rock, new age and smooth jazz music, Soul Ballet is your musical nirvana. This is the style of romantic of music that is huge in Europe and in “chill music" circles. Kelly plays keyboards and uses samples, beat boxes and all available modern musical technology ...