Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger, and pianist.[1]
Born in Waban, Massachusetts, he is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory. Kellaway has composed commissioned works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and jazz big band, as well as for film, TV, ballet and stage productions.One of his early mentors, the late Phil Saltman, was his piano teacher and ran a Summer music camp called ENCORE in Marblehead, Massachusetts. As a composer/arranger, he has received two prestigious honors: a 1976 Oscar nomination for Best Adaptation Score for the film A Star Is Born, and the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the album Memos from Paradise. As a pianist, Kellaway has performed and recorded with a wide range of prominent musicians, such as Lena Horne, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Natalie Cole, Yo-Yo Ma, Quincy Jones, Caterina Valente, Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones, Melanie, Joe Beck, Henry Mancini, clarinetist Eddie Daniels, jazz bassist Red Mitchell, and violinist Yue Deng. Kellaway is perhaps best known for his Cello Quartet recordings in the 1970s.
In 1964 Kellaway recorded Happiness for Impulse! with The Russian Jazz Quartet, a group also featuring Grady Tate, Igor Berukshtis, George Ricci and Boris Midney, the arranger for USA European Connection.[2]
Kellaway wrote and played the closing theme, "Remembering You" for the TV sitcom All in the Family which ran from 1971-1979 and was the number one rated show in the country from 1971 to 1976 and a spinoff Archie Bunker's Place (1979-1983).
On November 07 and 08, 2008 Kellaway served as band leader and pianist during the Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl concerts by Van Morrison, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the acclaimed album that was released in November 1968. Featured also is guitarist Jay Berliner, who played on the album.
Discography
As leader
- A Portrait of Roger Kellaway (Regina/Fresh Sound Records, 1963)
- Happiness (with Russian Jazz Quartet, Impulse!, 1964)
- The Roger Kellaway Trio (Prestige/OJC, 1965)
- Solo Piano (Dobre Records, 1970's)
- Say That Again (Dobre Records)
- Alone Together (Dragon, 1988) with Red Mitchell
- Live At Mayback Recital Hall – Vol. 11 (Concord Jazz, 1991)
- What Was That (Dragon, 1991) with Jan Allan
- Roger Kellaway Meets Gene Bertoncini And Michael Moore (Chianscuro, 1992)
- Life’s A Take (Concord, 1992)
- Inside & Out (Concord, 1995, with Ruby Braff)
As sideman
With J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding
- Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1969)
With Oliver Nelson
- More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1964)
- Soulful Brass with Steve Allen (Impulse!, 1968)
With Ben Webster
- See You at the Fair (Impulse!, 1964)
With Sonny Rollins
- Alfie (Impulse!, 1966)
With Lalo Schifrin
- There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Dot, 1968)
With Clark Terry
- The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (Impulse!, 1964)