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| I Was There - Roger Kellaway Plays From the Bobby Darin Songbook |
| Roger Kellaway |
| első megjelenés éve: 1992 |
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| (1992)
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CD |
| 5.421 Ft
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| 1. | Beyond the Sea
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| 2. | Charade
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| 3. | My Buddy
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| 4. | Just in Time
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| 5. | When I Look in Your Eyes
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| 6. | The Shadow of Your Smile
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| 7. | I Was There
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| 8. | I'm Beginning to See the Light
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| 9. | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
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| 10. | When Your Lover Has Gone
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| 11. | That's All
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| 12. | My Funny Valentine
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| 13. | All By Myself
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| 14. | Something in Your Smile
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Jazz
Roger Kellaway - Piano, Soloist
* Gene Lees - Liner Notes
* Timothy Martyn - Engineer, Mixing
With renewed focus on the late singer Bobby Darin in 2004, due in part to the making of a film biography starring Kevin Spacey, the timing became ripe for a musical tribute album to him as well. Pianist Roger Kellaway served as Darin's musical director between 1967 and 1968. He got to know him very well and recognized him as more than just an ambitious singer continuously in search of a hit, as many critics labeled him at that time. Darin often had in mind what he wanted in an arrangement and sang ideas for his pianist to score. When Kellaway was working for the singer, Darin was looking for more than rehashes of his earlier pop hits. The pianist therefore chose to salute him by recording a mix of standards from earlier decades, including "My Buddy," "My Funny Valentine" and "All By Myself," along with 1940s jazz ballads such as Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light." But there is also newer material, including a brisk, inventive treatment of Henry Mancini's "Charade," a pair of songs from the film Dr. Doolittle (a lovely take of "When I Look Into Your Eyes" and "Something in Your Smile," the latter which also features a warm vocal by Kellaway). There is also a dreamy take of Johnny Mandel's gorgeous ballad "The Shadow of Your Smile," played with a lightly implied bossa nova rhythm. The only song never performed by Darin, "I Was There," is a swinging tribute composed by Darin's former music director. The sincerity of Roger Kellaway's tribute to Bobby Darin is never in doubt.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Roger Kellaway
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Nov 01, 1939 in Newton, MA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Dixieland, Bop, Hard Bop, Contemporary Jazz
A virtuosic pianist whose phenomenal technique rivals Dick Hyman's, Roger Kellaway's work in commercial settings prior to the 1980s led to him being initially overlooked in the jazz world. He played piano and bass at the New England Conservatory (1957-1959) and actually left school to play bass with Jimmy McPartland. Switching permanently to piano, Kellaway picked up experience working with Kai Winding, Al CohnZoot Sims, and Clark TerryBob Brookmeyer (1963-1965). He recorded with many players, including Ben Webster, Maynard Ferguson, Wes Montgomery, and Sonny Rollins, and in 1966 moved to Los Angeles where he played with Don Ellis' innovative orchestra. Kellaway became Bobby Darin's musical director, worked in the studios (his piano is heard playing the theme of All in the Family), wrote film scores, experimented with electric keyboards, played with Tom Scott, and recorded with his popular (but mostly non-jazz) Cello Quartet. Although he gigged locally with Zoot Sims and Harry "Sweets" Edison, it was not until the mid-'80s that Kellaway started playing jazz nearly full-time. His many records since then (for Concord, All Art, Stash, and Chiaroscuro) attest to his impressive talents.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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