Roger Kellaway
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Roger Kellaway | |
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 Kellaway in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1 November 1939 Waban, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | Composer, arranger, bandleader, pianist |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Member of | Roger Kellaway Trio |
| Website | rogerkellaway |
Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger and jazz pianist,[1] who has recorded over 250 albums, and composed over 20 film scores.[2] He is a Grammy Award winner and an Academy Award nominee.
Kellaway was born in Waban, Massachusetts, United States.[3] He is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory.[3] Kellaway has composed commissioned works for ensembles of various sizes. He also has composed music for film, television, ballet and stage productions. Pianist Phil Saltman was one of his early mentors.
In 1964, Kellaway was a piano sideman for composer/arranger Boris Midney's group The Russian Jazz Quartet's album Happiness on ABC/Impulse jazz records.
Kellaway composed the closing theme, "Remembering You" for the television sitcom All in the Family, which was also used as the closing theme for the spinoff Archie Bunker's Place.
In 1970, Kellaway formed the Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet with cellist Edgar Lustgarden. Their piece "Come to the Meadow" was used as the theme for the NPR program Selected Shorts. For their 1978 album, Nostalgia Suite, the group became a quintet with drummer Joe Porcaro.
On November 7 and 8, 2008, Kellaway was bandleader and pianist for the Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl concerts by Van Morrison, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Morrison's acclaimed 1968 album.
Kellaway was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adaptation Score for A Star Is Born (1976), and a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the Eddie Daniels album Memos from Paradise (1988). Guitarist Robben Ford credits Kellaway and Tom Scott, whom he met while playing for Joni Mitchell, as major influences on his music.[4] Kellaway was featured on Ilya Serov's original rendition of Django Reinhardt's song "Swing 42" in 2017.[5]
