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- Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger, and pianist. 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. 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, and jazz bassist Red Mitchell. Kellaway is perhaps best known for his Cello Quartet recordings in the 1970s... Not forgetting The Singers Unlimited. For the TV sitcom All in the Family (later known as Archie Bunker's Place), Kellaway wrote and played the closing theme — "Remembering You". 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 was one of the original musicians.
- Roger Kellaway ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, -Komponist und -Produzent.
- Roger Kellaway er en amerikansk pianist og komponist, kjent fra flere samarbeid med norske musikere. Han spilte på 60-tallet med Kai Winding, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims og Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer, samt medvirket på innspillinger med Ben Webster, Maynard Ferguson, Wes Montgomery og Sonny Rollins. Etter flytting til Los Angeles (1966) har han tatt til filmmusikk, og beveget seg mot funk, såvel som etablert egen cellokvartett (utgivelse 1970). For filmen A star is born ble han Oscar-nominert, og med Memos for paradise ble det Grammy. Rundt 1990 spilte han mye med skandinaviske jazzmiljø. Med Putte Wickman/Red Mitchell kom Som o'this and some o'that, med Joakim Milder/Red Mitchell kom Live in Stockholm, begge på Dragon Records. Med Magni Wentzel ga han ut tre plater, først i trio med Red Mitchell, New York nights, så med Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Come away with me, til sist Turn out the stars. Han spilte med Atle Nymo/Frode Nymo Quartet på Inner Urge, live fra Oslo Jazzfestival. I hjemlandet har hans Roger Kellaway Trio gitt ut I Was There: Roger Kellaway Plays From The Bobby Darin Songbook (2003), Remembering Bobby Darin (2004) og Heroes (2005).
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- Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger, and pianist. 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.
- Roger Kellaway ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, -Komponist und -Produzent.
- Roger Kellaway er en amerikansk pianist og komponist, kjent fra flere samarbeid med norske musikere. Han spilte på 60-tallet med Kai Winding, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims og Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer, samt medvirket på innspillinger med Ben Webster, Maynard Ferguson, Wes Montgomery og Sonny Rollins. Etter flytting til Los Angeles (1966) har han tatt til filmmusikk, og beveget seg mot funk, såvel som etablert egen cellokvartett (utgivelse 1970).
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