Brian Kellock
Encyclopedia
Brian Kellock is a Scottish
jazz
pianist.
Born in Edinburgh
, Brian graduated with a B. Music (Hons) from Edinburgh University in 1986. Since then, he has been establishing his position as one of the top piano players in the UK jazz scene, working with Herb Geller
, Sheila Jordan
, Art Farmer
, Red Rodney
, Charlie Rouse
, Bill Watrous
, Scott Hamilton
, Stanley Turrentine
, and many others.
From 1995, Brian has been a member of Australian trumpeter James Morrison
's Band; touring all over Europe and Australia, and recording a live album for Warner Bros. Records
at the New Morning Club
in Paris
, along the way.
His main project is his own Trio, which first appeared as the rhythm section for seminal Scottish band, the John Rae Collective, as long ago as 1988. This line-up, featuring Kenny Ellis on bass and John Rae
on drums, has been performing together ever since. Finally, in 1998, the band released their first recording together - Something's Got To Give - a set of standards popularised by Fred Astaire
.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianist.
Born in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Brian graduated with a B. Music (Hons) from Edinburgh University in 1986. Since then, he has been establishing his position as one of the top piano players in the UK jazz scene, working with Herb Geller
Herb Geller
Herb Geller , is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.His musical abilities could have been inherited from his mother, Francis. She worked at the Hollywood neighbourhood cinemas playing piano, accompanying silent movies...
, Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Jordan has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to a notable solo career....
, Art Farmer
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
, Red Rodney
Red Rodney
Robert Roland Chudnick , who performed by the stage name Red Rodney, was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
, Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist. His career is marked by the collaboration for more than ten years with Thelonious Monk.- Biography :...
, Bill Watrous
Bill Watrous
William Russell Watrous III is a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love," which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name...
, Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton (musician)
Scott Hamilton is a jazz tenor saxophonist, born in 1954 and associated with swing and mainstream jazz.-Biography:He emerged in the 1970s and at the time he was considered to be one of the few musicians of real talent who carried the tradition of the classic jazz tenor saxophone in the style of...
, Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family...
, and many others.
From 1995, Brian has been a member of Australian trumpeter James Morrison
James Morrison (musician)
James Morrison AM is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing...
's Band; touring all over Europe and Australia, and recording a live album for Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
at the New Morning Club
New Morning (club)
New Morning is a Parisian music nightclub that opened in 1981, specialising in jazz and blues.Its concerts are often featured on Mezzo TV.-History:The first concert was given on 16 April 1981 by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers....
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, along the way.
His main project is his own Trio, which first appeared as the rhythm section for seminal Scottish band, the John Rae Collective, as long ago as 1988. This line-up, featuring Kenny Ellis on bass and John Rae
John Rae (musician)
John Rae is a jazz drummer, composer and band leader.-Biography:Rae recorded his first album at the age of sixteen with the acclaimed Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith and has subsequently recorded over 30 albums as a leader and side man, including two BBC Jazz Albums of the Year .As a leader Rae...
on drums, has been performing together ever since. Finally, in 1998, the band released their first recording together - Something's Got To Give - a set of standards popularised by Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...
.
Selected discography
- Brian Kellock Trio - Live at Henry's
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- Kenny Ellis: Bass
- John Rae: Drums
- Recorded 2001 - Caber 020
- Brian Kellock Trio - Something's Got to Give - Portraits of Fred Astaire
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- Kenny Ellis: Bass
- John Rae: Drums
- Recorded 1998 - Caber 003
- Liane Carroll and Brian Kellock - Live At The Lampie
- Liane CarrollLiane CarrollLiane Carroll is an English pianist/vocalist who grew up in a musical family. She has played professionally since she was 15....
: Vocals - Brian Kellock : Piano
- Recorded 2009. Splash Point Records
- Liane Carroll
- Tommy SmithTommy Smith (saxophonist)Tommy Smith is a jazz saxophonist, composer and educator. The late jazz critic Richard Cook said of him, 'Of the generation which emerged in the mid-80s, he might be the most outstandingly talented'.-Biography:...
& Brian Kellock - Bezique- Tommy Smith: Tenor Saxophone
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- Recorded Live at The HubThe Hub (Edinburgh)The Hub, at the top of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, is the home of the Edinburgh International Festival, and a central source of information on all the Edinburgh Festivals. Its gothic spire - the highest point in central Edinburgh - towers over the surrounding buildings, including the adjacent castle...
EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2002 - Spartacus STS 007
- Herb GellerHerb GellerHerb Geller , is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.His musical abilities could have been inherited from his mother, Francis. She worked at the Hollywood neighbourhood cinemas playing piano, accompanying silent movies...
and Brian Kellock - Hollywood Portraits- Herb Geller: Alto Saxophone
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- Recorded 1999 CTS Studio, London - HEP Jazz CD2078
- Tam WhiteTam WhiteTam White was a Scottish musician, stonemason and actor.-Biography:Born Thomas Bennett Sim White in Edinburgh, Scotland, White was primarily known as a blues vocalist with a trademark gravel-voiced voice. In the 1960s he recorded with beat groups The Boston Dexters and then The Buzz, who recorded...
and Brian Kellock - The Crossing- Tam White: Voice
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- Recorded 1999 - Caber 009
- John Rae's Celtic Feet
- John RaeJohn Rae (musician)John Rae is a jazz drummer, composer and band leader.-Biography:Rae recorded his first album at the age of sixteen with the acclaimed Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith and has subsequently recorded over 30 albums as a leader and side man, including two BBC Jazz Albums of the Year .As a leader Rae...
: Drums - Eilidh ShawEilidh ShawEilidh Shaw is a Scottish fiddle player and singer. She has performed with The Poozies, Harem Scarem and recorded a solo album, Heepirumbo, in 1997. Her brother Donald Shaw was a founding member of Capercaillie. She and The Poozies performed at 2008's Fèis an Eilein in the Isle of Skye.-References:...
: Fiddle - Simon ThoumireSimon ThoumireSimon Thoumire is a Scottish musician and a concertina virtuoso.Thoumire has played all over the world. A winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Tradition Award in 1989, Thoumire has always been keen to explore different genres of music, releasing many records over the years delving into folk, jazz,...
: Concertina - Phil BancroftPhil BancroftPhilip William Bancroft is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in two Test matches in 1989.-Playing career:A Canterbury and South Island representative in the 1980s, Bancroft played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition and also represented Auckland...
: Sax - Brian Kellock: Piano
- Mario Caribé: Bass
- Recorded 1999 - Caber 010
- John Rae
- Sylvia Rae - Close Enough
- Sylvia Rae: Vocals
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- Warren VachéWarren VacheWarren Vaché is a jazz trumpeter, cornetist and flugelhornist born in Rahway, New Jersey. He came from a musical family as his father was a bassist. In 1976 he released his first album...
: Trumpet - Kenny Ellis: Bass
- Ronnie Rae: Bass (Tk3)
- John Rae: Drums
- Recorded 2002 - VocalbA vocl 001 (from caber music)
- Hue & Cry - jazznotjazz
- Michael BreckerMichael BreckerMichael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
: Tenor Sax - Mike SternMike SternMike Stern is an American jazz guitarist. After playing for a few years with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he landed a gig with Billy Cobham and then broke through with Miles Davis' comeback band from 1981 to 1983, and again in 1985. Since then, he launched a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums...
: Guitar - Randy BreckerRandy BreckerRandal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
: Trumpet - Tommy Smith: Tenor Sax
- Danny GottliebDanny GottliebDanny Gottlieb is a freelance drummer who has performed as part of the Pat Metheny Group and Mahavishnu Orchestra. He is also a member of the University of North Florida jazz faculty, where he teaches as a fulltime Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies.- Biography :Danny graduated from the...
: Drums - Brian Kellock: Piano
- Recorded 1996 - Linn RecordsLinn RecordsLinn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products.-History:While Linn engineers were testing their flagship product, the Sondek LP12 turntable, they became frustrated with some of the specialist test LPs they were using...
AKD 057
- Michael Brecker
- Spike RobinsonSpike RobinsonHenry Berthold "Spike" Robinson was a tenor saxophonist. He began playing at age twelve, making recordings with famous jazz and bop musicians on several labels including Discovery, Hep and Concord. However, he sought an engineering degree and followed that profession on a fulltime basis for nearly...
- Stairway To The Stars- Spike Robinson - Tenor Saxophone
- Brian Kellock - Piano
- Ronnie Rae - String Bass
- John Rae - Drums
- Recorded at the Queen's HallQueen's HallThe Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893. Designed by the architect T.E. Knightley, it had room for an audience of about 2,500 people. It became London's principal concert venue. From 1895 until 1941, it was the home of the promenade concerts founded by Robert...
, Edinburgh 1990 - HEP Jazz - HEP CD 2049
- Janusz Carmello - Portrait
- Janusz Carmello: Trumpet & Pocket Trumpet
- Brian Kellock: Piano
- John HartleyJohn HartleyJohn Hartley may refer to:*John Hartley , Yorkshire*John Anderson Hartley , Australian educationist*John Hartley , English clergyman who won Wimbledon...
: String Bass - Tony McLennan: Drums
- Jimmy WoodsJimmy WoodsJimmy Woods is an American jazz alto saxophonist.Woods played with the R&B band of Homer Carter in 1951, and served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956. He played with Roy Milton after his discharge, and was with Horace Tapscott in 1960 and Joe Gordon in 1961...
: Alto Sax - Phil BancroftPhil BancroftPhilip William Bancroft is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in two Test matches in 1989.-Playing career:A Canterbury and South Island representative in the 1980s, Bancroft played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition and also represented Auckland...
: Tenor Sax - Gordon Cruickshank: Bar Sax
- Keith Hutton: Trombone
- Recorded 1989 HEP Records - HEP CD 2044
- Nigel Clark Quintet - Worldwide Sound
- Nigel Clark: Guitars
- Tim GarlandTim GarlandTim Garland is a British jazz saxophonist, composer and band-leader. He is also known for his innovative bass clarinet playing and for his prolific output as composer, blurring the boundaries between modern jazz and classical concert music.As a performer, he has worked widely both in Britain and...
: Saxophones - Brian Kellock: Piano/Keyboards
- Ewen Vernel: Bass
- Mike Bradley: Drums
- Recorded 1996 Sienna Records SNA 1001
- Tam WhiteTam WhiteTam White was a Scottish musician, stonemason and actor.-Biography:Born Thomas Bennett Sim White in Edinburgh, Scotland, White was primarily known as a blues vocalist with a trademark gravel-voiced voice. In the 1960s he recorded with beat groups The Boston Dexters and then The Buzz, who recorded...
/Boz BurrellBoz BurrellRaymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...
- Groove Connection- Tam White: Voice
- Boz Burrell: Basses
- Brian Kellock: Piano/Keyboards
- Neil Warden: Guitar
- John HendersonJohn Henderson-Politics:*Sir John Henderson, 5th Baronet British Member of Parliament for Seaford 1785–86*John Henderson , British Liberal MP for Durham 1864–74...
: Drums - Russel Cowieson: Tenor Sax
- Tom McNiven: Trumpet
- Alec Phillips: Trombone
- Recorded 2000 Catalyst Records CD2002.