Jackie Kelso
Jackie Kelso ; actually John Joseph Kelson Jr .; (Born February 27, 1922 in Los Angeles ; † April 27, 2012 ) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician ( saxophone , flute , clarinet ).
Live and act
Kelso studied at Gray Conservatory in the 1930s and began his professional career with Jerome Myart's orchestra when he was 15. In the 1940s he played with CL Burke , Barney Bigard , Marshall Royal , Lucky Thompson , Kid Ory , Benny Carter , Benny Goodman , Lionel Hampton and Roy Milton . In the 1950s he also appeared with Johnny Otis ( Rock 'N Roll Hit Parade Volume 1 ), Billy Vaughan , Nelson Riddle , Bill Berry , Frank Capp - Nat Pierce Juggernaut, Ray Anthony , Bob Crosby and Duke Ellington .
In 1960 he was a member of the studio instrumental rock band The Piltdown Men , which Tommy Tedesco also belonged to. Between 1964 and 1984 he worked as a studio musician; this resulted in recordings and a. with Lalo Schifrin ( Gone with the Wave , 1964), Quincy Jones , Johnny Rivers , Sarah Vaughan , José Feliciano , Bobby Bland , Hampton Hawes , Kris Kristofferson , Steely Dan , Mercer Ellington and Mink DeVille . He also toured with Lionel Hampton , Ellington and Billy Vaughan; he also took part in the concert for Bangladesh . In 1984 he left the music business to travel; In 1986 he worked on Little Richard's album Lifetime Friend , and in 1991 on the Miles Davis / Michel Legrand production Dingo . He returned in 1995 to perform with the Count Basie Orchestra , of which he was a member until 1998.
Lexical entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X , p. 380.
Web links
- Rockabilly
- Jackie Kelso at Allmusic (English)
- Jackie Kelso at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kelso, Jackie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2012 |