There’s nobody quite like Roger Kellaway. So it’s a rare opportunity to catch him as he returns to Birdland Jazz Club on Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16 (for times, check here). Kellaway chose to celebrate his 80th birthday at Birdland—where he first performed almost 60 years ago—to engage his abiding passion for straight-ahead, uncompromising and swinging jazz. The Kellaway trio will be “drummerless” in the tradition of Art Tatum, Nat Cole, and Oscar Peterson. IPO Recordings is recognizing the event with a new album titled “The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway.”
In a career that has stretched over the last 60 years, while performing with many of the legendary jazz musicians of his time he has also written memorable film and television scores, composed classical works for major symphony orchestras, inspired what came to be known as “new age” music and provided essential accompaniment and musical direction for iconic figures of American popular music like Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell. Although Kellaway’s soundtrack for the Streisand film “A Star is Born” received an Oscar nomination, and his compositions have been performed at Carnegie Hall and elsewhere by the likes of the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and National Symphony orchestras, he still may be most widely recognized for the closing theme (“Remembering You”) of the 1970s mega-hit TV series, “All in The Family.”
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Birdland is located at 315 West 44th St New York, NY, 212-581-3080
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