Kellie Greene

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Kellie Greene (born August 14, 1934 in Janesville , Wisconsin as Lorraine Bobert , † July 13, 2009 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American jazz pianist , arranger and composer . She achieved her greatest success in the 1960s.

Career

Kellie Greene made her first paid appearances as a pianist when she was 14. In 1952 she attended the Berkley School of Music in Boston . Her first engagements took place in the 1940s with Freddie Shaffer and the Victory Sweethearts and the Joy Cayler All-Girl Band . She worked for Joy Cayler as an arranger and accompanied their orchestra on a tour through the US bases in Asia. She left the women's big band in the 1950s to tour the west coast with her own jazz trio, the Playgirls . With a new formation, the Kellie Greene Trio, she played in clubs and hotels in Hawaii for three years from 1960 . With and for Frank Sinatra she went on stage for a few months at his Cal Neva Resort & Casino on the shores of Lake Tahoe . This was followed by an engagement with Ray Anthony . In 1963 she appeared regularly as a pianist and vibraphonist in his TV show of the same name . Between 1950 and 1970 she could be seen and heard in many other TV shows such as those of Spade Cooley , Merv Griffin , Mike Douglas , Johnny Carson , Steve Allen , Henry Morgan, Dinah Shore and in the Talent Scouts format . With the 20th Century Fox Orchestra , she played the successful title Madrigal from the film The Chalk Garden in 1964 .

In 1976 she was the musical director of the Harrison and Tyler Variety Show, which was ultimately not bought. From the 1970s she made a living from gigs in clubs and hotels.

Looking back on her career, Greene was self-critical of the press: "I just wanted to be a jazz musician (...) To be famous didn't mean anything to me, I wanted to learn more about music." Nevertheless, she regretted it, all of them Not having used contacts to her advantage so that she could have supported more jazz musicians than she was able to at the time, "because if you are famous, people pay you more attention." Her advice is self-deprecating and more of a self-disclosure for budding jazz musicians: “The best thing is that you come from a wealthy family, then money is not so important because no jazz musician has ever made real money. So if you are following your dreams, then money shouldn't be important. "

According to Variety , Greene is celebrating a lot more than just her fantastic and sophisticated piano playing. You can also lead a band, weave unusually engaging arrangements and compose very entertaining pieces.

Discography

  • 1964: Madrigal / Foggy Day (20th Century-Fox 492 and Stateside SS 303)
  • 1966: No Moon At All / Move On (20th Century-Fox 637)
  • 1969: Classical Blues / Liebestraum (Dot 45-17274)
  • 1969: Kellie Greene - Color Her Classic, Color Her Jazz, Color Her Kellie Greene (Dot DLP 25941) and identical:
  • 1970: The Classic Jazz Of Kellie Greene (RGE USLP 6243)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lorraine Babert - born in 1934 in Wisconsin (WI) - 1940 US Census. Retrieved March 24, 2020 ('Babert' must be 'Bobert'. Apparently a reading error in handwritten documents.).
  2. ^ Jazz pianist Marvels at Growth of Home Town. In: Janesville Daily Gazette . Janesville, Wisconsin April 21, 1961, pp. 12 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 24, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Clipped From Janesville Daily Gazette . In: Janesville Daily Gazette . Janesville, Wisconsin May 27, 1966, p. 9 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 24, 2020]).
  4. ^ CTVA US Music Variety - "The Ray Anthony Show" (Syndicated) (1963). Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Kellie Greene. In: Internet Movie Database IMDb. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Kelly Green Trio. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Kellie Greene Stays Busy With Musical Work. In: Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin June 13, 1966, pp. 31 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 24, 2020]).
  8. ↑ a b Quoted from: Emily Dufresne: Final Cadence | Berklee College of Music. Retrieved March 23, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ Tina Gianoulis: Tyler, Robin (b. 1942). In: glbtq. An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture., 2008, accessed March 23, 2020 (four pilot episodes were filmed for the American Broadcasting Company.).
  10. ↑ a b c 'I'am a jazzer' . In: Kenosha News . Kenosha, Wisconsin October 14, 2001, pp. 23 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 24, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Greene, Kellie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bobert, Lorraine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist, arranger and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Janesville , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2009
Place of death Palm Springs , California