Josh Kemp, Saxophonist/Composer, is equally impressive in jazz standards and presents his original compositions. He has completed major UK tours in 2014/2015, and won many accolades for his fluid improvising style as well as his attractive compositions. Josh has a unique playing style that combines melodic inventiveness with a rich tone, and a lyrical style. … Read more
Hal Kemp, March 27, 1904 – Dec 21, 1940, was a jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader. He also served as a composer and arranger. After an auto accident, he was born in Marion, Alabama, and died in Madera. Art Jarrett assumed the leadership of Kemp’s orchestra’s orchestra in 1941. His most notable recordings include “There’s … Read more
Jon-Erik Kellso, a trumpeter, began playing professionally in Detroit, Michigan in which he was born in 1964. Jon started playing at an early age, in a big band when he was 11, and in the International Youth Symphony when he was 13. He also performed in a concert with Wild Bill Davison in age 17. … Read more
Lisa Kelly holds a B.M. A Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies was earned by Lisa Kelly at the University of North Florida Jazz Program. She studied Lisa Kelly with legendary saxophonist BunkyGreen and guitarist Jack Peterson.
People seem to fall into two categories when it comes to Grace Kelly, singer/ saxophonist/ composer/ lyricsist/ arranger/ educator. The former group is growing in number by the day. Wynton Marsalis, a Trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic director, was so impressed by Kelly’s three-night stay as a guest of the Jazz at Lincoln … Read more
Keleketla! Keleketla! is an extensive collaborative project that reaches outward from Johannesburg, London, Lagos and L.A. to West Papua. “Keleketla!” was founded by Coldcut, cofounders of Ninja Tune, and a group of South African musicians (introduced through the charity In Place Of War), which included the raw, South African-accented jazz styles and Yugen Blakrok (Black … Read more
Keletigui Traore, a well-respected professional flutist/saxophonist, was invited to join Syli Orchestre Natal in 1959. He formed Orchestre de la Paillote, a dance group with several members of the national orchestra in the middle of the 1960s. They made their first recordings in 1968. A year later, they changed their names to Keletigui et Ses … Read more
Roger Kellaway has more than 200 albums in his discography. He has worked with everyone, from Elvis to Ellington to Dizzy Gillespie, Yo-Yo Ma to Yo-Yo Ma to Joni Mitchell, Quincy Jones and Mancini to Michael Tilson Thomas. Kellaway is not just a great pianist. He is also a prolific composer with protean abilities. He … Read more
Mike Kelleher and Karin have been making music for more than three decades. One day they saw each other in a jam-packed freshman music theory class. They were too shy to speak. They became close friends later through music. Karin was a violinist in a string quartet, while Mike was a guitarist and sang “Yesterday” … Read more
Dave Keller is one the most influential blues and soul musicians of his generation. Keller grew up in Worcester, MA. He loved music but didn’t learn to play guitar until 16 and didn’t start singing until 20. Then he discovered the blues. Keller made the move to Vermont in 1993 and launched The Dave Keller … Read more
