Here's To Good People
Rickey Kelly
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Here's To Good People
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New Samba
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Rickey Kelly – Here's To Good People
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Exodus Records (4) – EX-1010
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| 1 | Here's To Good People | |
| 2 | New Samba | |
| 3 | One For Lee | |
| 4 | His Love | |
| 5 | Chromatic Static | |
| 6 | Mundasi (Thank You) | |
| 7 | Inner Madness | |
| 8 | Somewhere I've Never Been |
Créditos
Acoustic Bass – Robert Hurst
Drums – Ralph Penland
Piano – Patrice Rushen
Vibraphone – Rickey Kelly
– Michael White (2)
http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/27955-rickey-kelly/
I was just listening to Rickey Kelly's LP, My Kind of Music, recorded circa 1978 or 1979 this morning. It is a wonderful recording that I've had for many years, yet I've never heard of this artist otherwise or seen any other recording, much less a CD. He plays vibes and marimba, and the LP also features Billy Higgins on drums, Tony Dumas on bass, and Charles Owens on reeds.
So I was wondering if there was any information on the internet and found that he had a currently unavailable CD on CDBaby, with the following biographical information.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rickey
Notes from your friendly neighborhood jazz producer,Dennis Sullivan.
Born in San Francisco,Rickey Kelly moved to Los Angeles in 1982.
I first heard Rickey on the local Jazz station and began searching for his recording "MY Kind Of Music".(soon to become available on CDbaby).A tune entitled "Dream Dance"became the most played song on the local jazz station.Kjzz 88.1 FM. That haunting sound on vibes was just to much to resist.
After months of looking through all of the record shops I gave up and called the radio station.I had to get a copy of that rcording.
I found out from the local DJ that Rickey's recording was self produced and that I had to catch him on one of his gigs to get a copy of his Lp.
I finally got a number on him and went to his house.
I purchased his Lp and inquired as to why he wasn't working around town.
He informed me that he was working at Hughes Aircraft and didn't have time for giging in the evening.
He had to take care of his family which numbered about six children.I bagan booking his band soon after meeting him.An artist this blessed should not be working a day job I thought.Rickey soon quit his job at Hughes aircraft and began performing full time.Rickey stayed in his apartment for long periods of time just praticing.He often mentioned to me that he needed to stay in isolation in order to keep his music pure.The ever increasing madness of Los Angeles eventually drove Rickey into further isolation.He mooved North of Seattle in 1990."He lives out in the woods" is how a fellow muscian described Rickey's current living situation.
During Rickey's stay in L.A. he had worked with all of the great jazz and R @ B bands.Muscians like altoist Bobby Watson,the legendary drummer Billy Higgins,The Jazz Crusaders,pianist Ahmad Jamal,and one of the most popular artists of his generation Marvin Gay,often called on Rickey to perform with their bands.As great as all of these artists were.The addition of Rickey Kelly on vibes seemed to make their music better.
Because of his isolation Rickey's music has developed a uniqueness and purity of sound that trandsends styles.One reveiwer described it as a "childlike quality,a profound innocence".Relax and listen closely.This is music with a purpose."Here's To Good People" heals the spirit and calms the soul./Recomended For The Entire Family.## "A great Christmas Gift"
https://airplaydirect.com/music/rickeykelly/
"When I heard that group, my life changed at the moment. I said, I want to do this the rest of my life," Kelly recalled in a recent interview.
And that is exactly what he did with the rest of his life. Through the years, this accomplished and amazingly talented artist has worked with some of the greatest names in jazz, including the renowned drummer Billy Higgins; guitar sensation Kenny Burrell; and the incomparable intergalactic pianist Sun Ra. Legendary session flautist Hubert Laws, whose credits read like a list of who's who of jazz, guests on a couple tracks on Kelly's brand new recording "A Man of Distinction." Kelly is also well-known in jazz circles for his work in the group African Roots of Jazz and his playing style isn't limited to jazz either - he also performed in touring band of the funk act The Crusaders for a period.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Kelly served a four-year stint in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War before embarking on his musical career. One of his early inspirations and a pivotal event for Kelly was a chance to jam in the same club as the pioneering jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. That experience led Kelly to move from San Fransisco to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in L.A. City College for its first-rate music program. Among his fellow students was the famous jazz singer Diane Reeves.
It was shortly after finishing the City College program that Kelly founded the African Roots of Jazz band, a group that featured drummer E.W. Wainwright Jr. of McCoy Tyner's band. African Roots of Jazz enjoyed quite a following in the Los Angeles area but around 1974, Kelly moved to Amsterdam, where there were more and more lucrative opportunities for a young jazz musician.
Upon returning to the states, Kelly released his first solo recording in 1979, "My Kind of Music," on the Los Angeles Phonograph Records label. The album was quite well-received: Billboard Magazine made it one of its 'recommended' jazz recordings for the year. Another one of his albums during that period was the classic "Limited Stops Only." released on the Nimbus Records label.
The only thing to have sidetracked Kelly's musical career through the years has been another passion of his - SCUBA diving. Kelly most literally immersed himself in diving, so much that it turned into a job for him - he dropped out of the music scene for a time to work as a dive instructor.
Somehow, in between dives, Kelly managed to pop out another album in 1995, a fantastic quintet recording called "Here's To Good People." Complementing Kelly's vibes on that album are the adept drum work of Ralph Penland; the nimble bass lines of Robert Hurst; the outstanding pianist Patrice Rushen; and the masterful and expressive violinist Michael White. The songs on "Here's To Good People" include the frenetic, kinetic "New Samba"; the eclectic, avant-garde leaning "Inner Madness"; and the introspective, mellow "Somewhere I've Never Been."
Kelly called on the same group for his new recording, "A Man of Distinction," which is set to be released later this year or in early 2008. Also appearing on two of the album's tracks is the distinguished flautist Hubert Laws. As Kelly recalls it, Laws was also working with drummer Ralph Penland and stopped by the studio to check out what Kelly's band was doing. After hearing a couple takes, Laws asked if he could add a flute part to a track or two, much to the group's delight.
"After he heard what we were doing, he just asked to play on them," said Kelly.
Kelly, now 58 and living in Port Townsend, WA, is glad to be back concentrating on music and looking forward to the release of "A Man of Distinction." It will be an album no jazz fan will want to miss! For more information on Rickey Kelly, contact GlobeSound Inc. at 802-860-7110 or send an email to svanetten@jpmc.com.
So I was wondering if there was any information on the internet and found that he had a currently unavailable CD on CDBaby, with the following biographical information.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rickey
Notes from your friendly neighborhood jazz producer,Dennis Sullivan.
Born in San Francisco,Rickey Kelly moved to Los Angeles in 1982.
I first heard Rickey on the local Jazz station and began searching for his recording "MY Kind Of Music".(soon to become available on CDbaby).A tune entitled "Dream Dance"became the most played song on the local jazz station.Kjzz 88.1 FM. That haunting sound on vibes was just to much to resist.
After months of looking through all of the record shops I gave up and called the radio station.I had to get a copy of that rcording.
I found out from the local DJ that Rickey's recording was self produced and that I had to catch him on one of his gigs to get a copy of his Lp.
I finally got a number on him and went to his house.
I purchased his Lp and inquired as to why he wasn't working around town.
He informed me that he was working at Hughes Aircraft and didn't have time for giging in the evening.
He had to take care of his family which numbered about six children.I bagan booking his band soon after meeting him.An artist this blessed should not be working a day job I thought.Rickey soon quit his job at Hughes aircraft and began performing full time.Rickey stayed in his apartment for long periods of time just praticing.He often mentioned to me that he needed to stay in isolation in order to keep his music pure.The ever increasing madness of Los Angeles eventually drove Rickey into further isolation.He mooved North of Seattle in 1990."He lives out in the woods" is how a fellow muscian described Rickey's current living situation.
During Rickey's stay in L.A. he had worked with all of the great jazz and R @ B bands.Muscians like altoist Bobby Watson,the legendary drummer Billy Higgins,The Jazz Crusaders,pianist Ahmad Jamal,and one of the most popular artists of his generation Marvin Gay,often called on Rickey to perform with their bands.As great as all of these artists were.The addition of Rickey Kelly on vibes seemed to make their music better.
Because of his isolation Rickey's music has developed a uniqueness and purity of sound that trandsends styles.One reveiwer described it as a "childlike quality,a profound innocence".Relax and listen closely.This is music with a purpose."Here's To Good People" heals the spirit and calms the soul./Recomended For The Entire Family.## "A great Christmas Gift"
https://airplaydirect.com/music/rickeykelly/
Biography
Jazz vibraphonist Rickey Kelly, who recently completed recording his new album "A Man of Distinction," knew from the first moment he heard the sound of a jazz band exactly what he was going to do with his life. That initial encounter with jazz, which happened to Kelly some forty years ago when he was just a young high school student, truly charted his life's direction."When I heard that group, my life changed at the moment. I said, I want to do this the rest of my life," Kelly recalled in a recent interview.
And that is exactly what he did with the rest of his life. Through the years, this accomplished and amazingly talented artist has worked with some of the greatest names in jazz, including the renowned drummer Billy Higgins; guitar sensation Kenny Burrell; and the incomparable intergalactic pianist Sun Ra. Legendary session flautist Hubert Laws, whose credits read like a list of who's who of jazz, guests on a couple tracks on Kelly's brand new recording "A Man of Distinction." Kelly is also well-known in jazz circles for his work in the group African Roots of Jazz and his playing style isn't limited to jazz either - he also performed in touring band of the funk act The Crusaders for a period.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Kelly served a four-year stint in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War before embarking on his musical career. One of his early inspirations and a pivotal event for Kelly was a chance to jam in the same club as the pioneering jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. That experience led Kelly to move from San Fransisco to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in L.A. City College for its first-rate music program. Among his fellow students was the famous jazz singer Diane Reeves.
It was shortly after finishing the City College program that Kelly founded the African Roots of Jazz band, a group that featured drummer E.W. Wainwright Jr. of McCoy Tyner's band. African Roots of Jazz enjoyed quite a following in the Los Angeles area but around 1974, Kelly moved to Amsterdam, where there were more and more lucrative opportunities for a young jazz musician.
Upon returning to the states, Kelly released his first solo recording in 1979, "My Kind of Music," on the Los Angeles Phonograph Records label. The album was quite well-received: Billboard Magazine made it one of its 'recommended' jazz recordings for the year. Another one of his albums during that period was the classic "Limited Stops Only." released on the Nimbus Records label.
The only thing to have sidetracked Kelly's musical career through the years has been another passion of his - SCUBA diving. Kelly most literally immersed himself in diving, so much that it turned into a job for him - he dropped out of the music scene for a time to work as a dive instructor.
Somehow, in between dives, Kelly managed to pop out another album in 1995, a fantastic quintet recording called "Here's To Good People." Complementing Kelly's vibes on that album are the adept drum work of Ralph Penland; the nimble bass lines of Robert Hurst; the outstanding pianist Patrice Rushen; and the masterful and expressive violinist Michael White. The songs on "Here's To Good People" include the frenetic, kinetic "New Samba"; the eclectic, avant-garde leaning "Inner Madness"; and the introspective, mellow "Somewhere I've Never Been."
Kelly called on the same group for his new recording, "A Man of Distinction," which is set to be released later this year or in early 2008. Also appearing on two of the album's tracks is the distinguished flautist Hubert Laws. As Kelly recalls it, Laws was also working with drummer Ralph Penland and stopped by the studio to check out what Kelly's band was doing. After hearing a couple takes, Laws asked if he could add a flute part to a track or two, much to the group's delight.
"After he heard what we were doing, he just asked to play on them," said Kelly.
Kelly, now 58 and living in Port Townsend, WA, is glad to be back concentrating on music and looking forward to the release of "A Man of Distinction." It will be an album no jazz fan will want to miss! For more information on Rickey Kelly, contact GlobeSound Inc. at 802-860-7110 or send an email to svanetten@jpmc.com.
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