Roger Kellaway

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Roger Kellaway (* 1. November 1939 in Waban , Massachusetts ) is an American jazz - pianist - composer and - producer .

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Roger Kellaway studied at the New England Conservatory in the late 1950s , spent the early 1960s in New York , played the piano with Kai Winding , Al Cohn and Zoot Sims and, from 1964, regularly in the Clark Terry / Bob Brookmeyer Band. 1966 Kellaway went to California , played in the Big Band of Don Ellis and took the solo album Stride! on. Now he was also active as a composer of works in the third stream direction and wrote several pieces for cello-Quartet and large orchestra for the George Balanchines New York City Ballet, among others .

In addition to working for TV and film, Kellaway made records with Ruby Braff , Kenny Burrell , Tony Coe , Maynard Ferguson , Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan , Carmen McRae , Wes Montgomery , Art Pepper , Sonny Rollins , Charlie Mariano , Oliver Nelson , Zoot Sims, Dick Sudhalter , Mads Vinding , Putte Wickman and others.

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SURNAME Kellaway, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist, composer and producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Waban , Massachusetts