Ed Kelly

Pianist-singer Kelly Green Honors Her Late Mother On 'Corner Of My Dreams,' Set For August 22 Release By La Reserve Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 26, 2025

By taking a wistful look backward, Kelly Green takes a tremendous artistic stride forward with her August 22 release of Corner of My Dreams (La Reserve Records/Green Soul Studios). Inspired by and in tribute to her late mother, Green’s fifth album also finds her at the head of an ambitious assemblage. Her working trio with bassist Luca Soul Rosenfeld and drummer Evan Hyde is augmented by an accomplished, all-female string quartet under the leadership of violinist Ludovica Burtone; percussionist Andromeda ...
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Backgrounder: Wynton Kelly - 'Kelly at Midnite' (1960)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 21, 2024

Earlier this week, I posted on Art Pepper's Gettin' Together, featuring the glorious piano of Wynton Kelly. For this week's Backgrounder, I figured I'd give you another round of Kelly by posting one of my favorites: Kelly at Midnite, recorded for Vee-Jay Records in 1960.  We can thank producer Sid McCoy for mixing each member of the trio so they'd stand out as sonic equals. This lets you listen and focus on each individual player at any given moment thanks ...
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Can You Hear Colour? Juliet Kelly's New Album Explores Synesthesia Through Music

Source: Juliet Kelly
September 9, 2024

Approximately 4% of the world's population experiences synesthesia, a fascinating condition where senses intertwine in unique ways. Juliet Kelly recently discovered that she is among this group, inspiring her to explore the connection between music and colour. Her latest release, Colour Coded, is a collection of four songs, each representing a different colour: purple, yellow, white, and gold. This captivating EP showcases Juliet’s vocal talents and features the elegantly simple guitar work of Rob Updegraff. Juliet says “I always suspected ...
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Genre-bending World Cafe Favorite Taylor Kelly Announces New Ep, 'the Spins' & Eastern U.s. Tour (July 25 - August 17)

Source: 1888 Media
June 17, 2024

Beguiling genre-blending ingenue Taylor Kelly flips the script again with “Fit In,” the conscious collective raising second single from her forthcoming Ep, The Spins, which arrives July 19 via Head Bitch Music. I just want to feel this moment The rest can just go away Get it all out in the open So I can feel okay OK, OK, OK… “This song is me trying to relieve myself of the intrusive thoughts that were consuming my ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today!

His family moved from the island of Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started his professional career as a teenager, initially as a member of R&B groups. After working in the big band and small groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, he was a member of Miles Davis' Quintet from 1959 to 1963. Wynton Kelly was one of the most prolific sideman pianists of his era, ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2021

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today!

His family moved from the island of Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started his professional career as a teenager, initially as a member of R&B groups. After working in the big band and small groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, he was a member of Miles Davis' Quintet from 1959 to 1963. Wynton Kelly was one of the most prolific sideman pianists of his era, ...
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Prolific Singer-Songwriter Paul Kelly Readies 22-Track 'Christmas Train' Collection For November 19 Via Gawd Aggie / Cooking Vinyl

Source: 1888 Media
November 18, 2021

As he gathered the material for his first Christmas album, Paul Kelly soon realized that a collection of 10 seasonal standards could never cover the richness he wanted to convey. He knew he wanted to make a record that drew out all the emotions and layers of the Christmas story, and in a way that reflected the holiday experience in the southern hemisphere, far removed from the snowy imagery of so many Christmas songs. The result is an extraordinary 22-song ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2020

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today!

His family moved from the island of Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started his professional career as a teenager, initially as a member of R&B groups. After working in the big band and small groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, he was a member of Miles Davis' Quintet from 1959 to 1963. Wynton Kelly was one of the most prolific sideman pianists of his era, ...
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Australia's Greatest And Most Enduring Songwriter, Paul Kelly, Collaborates With Award-Winning Jazz Pianist And Composer Paul Grabowsky

Source: 1888 Media
July 3, 2020

Please Leave Your Light On due July 31 from Gawd Aggie/Cooking Vinyl North America (digitally), August 14 on CD and vinyl Paul Grabowsky and Paul Kelly share a love of the classic collaborations between Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle (particularly In the Wee Small Hours), and Tony Bennett & Bill Evans (with whose playing Grabowsky’s has been favorably compared). “All of the songs were already part of Paul’s extensive catalogue,” says Grabowsky of the project. “I transcribed them, and adapted ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today!

His family moved from the island of Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started his professional career as a teenager, initially as a member of R&B groups. After working in the big band and small groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, he was a member of Miles Davis\' Quintet from 1959 to 1963. Wynton Kelly was one of the most prolific sideman pianists of his era, ...
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