Jazz Articles about Roger Kellaway

Roger Kellaway: Heroes

by Larry Taylor
February 4, 2007

When pianist Roger Kellaway first thought about becoming a jazz musician in the '50s, keyboard legend Oscar Peterson was hitting his stride with his great trios. They included Ray Brown on bass, and first Barney Kessel, then Herb Ellis on guitar. Peterson's trios were a big influence on Kellaway. As he states in the liner notes, “...that sound they made together. It certainly would have defeated me when I was young because it was so brilliant.... the will to swing ...

The Roger Kellaway Trio: Heroes

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 8, 2007

Classe ’39, Roger Kellaway è sempre stato un pianista dalla cifra espressiva camaleontica e per questo difficilmente riconducibile ad uno stile ben preciso. E lo testimoniano le infinite esperienze per big-band, musiche da film e perfino contesti pop che hanno connotato la sua carriera artistica. Per quel che riguarda il jazz, purtroppo poche sono le sue incisioni a suo nome per apprezzarne le doti di raffinato pianista. Risale al 2005 l’incisione di questo suo bel disco pubblicato proprio in questi ...

The Roger Kellaway Trio: Remembering Bobby Darin

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 11, 2006

Bobby Darin fu cantante di grande successo negli anni ‘50 e ‘60 grazie ad uno stile indefinito, una miscela originale dei vari generi che caratterizzavano la canzone americana dell’epoca. Deceduto a soli trentasette anni per problemi cardiaci, a dispetto del grande successo di pubblico fu sempre snobbato dalla critica, salvo una doverosa rivalutazione in tempi recenti che lo portò ad essere eletto nella Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nel 1990. Ebbene tra il 1967 e il 1968 direttore musicale ...

The Roger Kellaway Trio: Heroes

by Jerry D'Souza
November 28, 2006

It's tribute time as Roger Kellaway tinkles the keys in homage to Oscar Peterson. On Heroes, Kellaway dwells mainly on tunes from the repertoire of Peterson's trio with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, even working with a similar lineup alongside bassist Dan Lutz and guitarist Bruce Forman. There is some diversion; Kellaway tips his hat in the direction of Benny Golson, includes a tune done by the later edition of Peterson's trio, and also adds an original.

Getting ...

Roger Kellaway: The History Man

by C. Michael Bailey
November 5, 2006

Roger Kellaway could not be called a best kept secret. He's been active for over 40 years, performing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Barbra Streisand, and yes, Bobby Darin, the subject of the first two discs reviewed here. Kellaway's sprawling experience is reflected by his black-hole talent. His command of the entire history of piano styles is staggering and it's exhilarating to hear it all at once--and on these three recordings, the listener ...

The Roger Kellaway Trio: Heroes

by Michael P. Gladstone
September 22, 2006

The last we heard from pianist/composer Roger Kellaway was last year, when he dazzled the world with his remembrances as Bobby Darin's musical director (undoubtedly timed to coincide with the release of the Darin biopic Beyond The Sea. Now, we have a dramatic and long-needed tribute to the “drum-less" piano trio (guitar/bass/piano) that dates back to sessions from Art Tatum, Django Reinhardt, the King Cole Trio, and most especially the Oscar Peterson Trio, pre-Ed Thigpen when first Barney Kessel and ...

Roger Kellaway: I Was There; Remembering Bobby Darin

by Ernest Barteldes
November 25, 2005

For a number of years, pianist Roger Kellaway performed alongside Bobby Darin, and on two recent releases he pays tribute to the late frontman by playing instrumental renditions of some of the songs (plus a couple of originals) he played and/or arranged during his years with the singer, who passed away too soon in 1973 at the age of 37.

Roger Kellaway I Was There IPO Recordings 2005

On I Was There, Kellaway plays ...