Brian Kelly
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[1] Brian Kelly is an award-winning, top-charting composer, pianist, and recording artist who has released two critically acclaimed contemporary piano instrumental CDs. Brian resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. More info at www.briankelly.com
[2] Brian Kelly is a London-based tenor banjo player who took lessons from the influential Brendan Mulkere and went on to win All-Ireland titles on both the banjo and mandolin.
[3] Brian Kelly - New York-based rock musician. 2 albums: Each Day Blues, Receding Choir. Official site: www.briankellymusic.com
[1] Born in New York City, Brian grew up in Palo Alto, California. He began piano at age 8. His experience as a stage actor and performer in numerous plays and musical theatre productions (at Theatreworks and the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre), as well as his four years of singing madrigals in an a cappella group, continue to inform his creative work. He studied music composition at Hampshire College and studied jazz piano with Art Lande.
Brian Kelly is winner of the Keyboard Magazine Soundpage Award for his original composition “Todd Pond”. In 2005 he released his debut album of piano instrumentals, Pools of Light, on the Skylight Music label. The album charted #1 for two months on modern instrumental radio in North America. Brian was nominated for the NAR (New Age Reporter) Lifestyle Music Artist of the Year award. In 2006 he published Pools of Light: the Solo Piano Songbook, a collection of solo piano arrangements of 11 tracks from his Pools of Light CD. In 2008 Brian released Afterplay, his second CD of piano-based instrumental music.
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Home at Last
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Sunchaser
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Open Sky
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Angels Breathing
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Stone Shine
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River Rush
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Pools of Light
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Speak Your Heart
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With Eyes Closed
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Smiling South
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Sacred Waters
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New Vision
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Unfolding
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Calling for Rain
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River Rush full track | 5:14 |
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Smiling South full track | 4:22 |
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Afterplay full track | 4:44 |
News
Brian Kelly / Afterplay nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Album 2009
25 Jun 2009 | from www.briankelly.com/news
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Contemporary Jazz Album by Brian Kelly In Progress
2 Jun 2009 | from www.briankelly.com/news -
Solo Piano Album by Brian Kelly In Progress
2 Jun 2009 | from www.briankelly.com/news -
Links to Brian Kelly on the web
21 May 2009 | from www.briankelly.com/news
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- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘Contemporary Jazz Album by Brian Kelly In Progress’. last month
- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘Links to Brian Kelly on the web’. last month
- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘Solo Piano Album by Brian Kelly In Progress’. last month
- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘iMix - Solo Piano Favorites’. last month
- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘Brian Kelly on Blue Alice debut CD’. last month
- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘Another CD review of Afterplay by Brian Kelly’. last month
- Brian Kelly posted a news item ‘iMix - Smooth Jazz Piano’. last month
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Links to Brian Kelly on the web
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20 May 2009 |
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Brian Kelly's Afterplay CD #3 on NAR Top 100 radio chart
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