Brian Kellock

Brian Kellock (* 1962 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish jazz - pianist and - Composer .

Live and act

Kellock graduated from Edinburgh University in 1986 and played in the bands of Spike Robinson (1990) and Joe Temperley (1993/94), then in the band of the Australian trumpeter James Morrison (1995) and then worked with Tom Bancroft ( Pieology , 1997 ), in the group Celtic Feed (with Phil Bancroft , with the bass player Mario Caribé , the concertina player Simon Thoumire and the fiddle player Eilidh Shaw ). In 1998 Kellock recorded his first album under his own name, Something's Got to Give ; In 1999 the album Hollywood Portraits was created in a duo with saxophonist Herb Geller . He performed live with drummer John Rae and bassist Kenny Ellis in 2000, with a program of two Lennie Tristano numbers and jazz standards like Jimmy Rowles ' The Peacocks . In 2002 he recorded the duo album Bezique with tenor saxophonist Tommy Smith , which was followed in 2004 by Symbiosis . In 2005 he accompanied the singer Sylvia Rae . Currently, Kellock works mostly with his own trio. Kellock has also worked with Red Rodney , Sheila Jordan , Art Farmer , Charlie Rouse , Bill Watrous , Scott Hamilton , Stanley Turrentine and Warren Vaché ( Don't Look Back , 2006).

Albums as leader / co-leader

Herb Geller / Brian Kellock: Hollywood Portraits ( Hep Records , 1999)
Brian Kellock: Something's Got to Give- Portraits of Fred Astaire (Caber, 1998)
Brian Kellock: Live at Henry's (Caber, 2000)
Brian Kellock: Bidin 'My Time (2019)

Albums as a sideman

Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock - Bezique (Spartacus, 2002)
Tam White and Brian Kellock - The Crossing (Caber, 1999)
John Rae's Celtic Feet (Caber, 1999)
Sylvia Rae - Close Enough (Caber, 2002) with Warren Vaché
Hue & Cry : jazznotjazz (Linn, 1996) with Michael Brecker , Mike Stern , Randy Brecker , Tommy Smith, Danny Gottlieb
Spike Robinson: Stairway To The Stars (Hep Records, 1990) with Ronnie Rae and John Rae
Nigel Clark Quintet - Worldwide Sound (1996, Sienna Records)