Jackie Kelso
Jackie Kelso; actually John Joseph Kelson Jr.; ( Born February 27, 1922 in Los Angeles, † 27 April 2012) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician ( saxophone, flute, clarinet).
Life and work
Kelson studied in the 1930s at Gray Conservatory and began his professional career with 15 years in the orchestra of Jerome Myart. In the 1940s he played in CL Burke, Barney Bigard, Marshall Royal, Lucky Thompson, Kid Ory, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Roy Milton. In the 1950s, he also appeared with Johnny Otis ( Rock 'N Roll Hit Parade Volume 1 ), Billy Vaughan, Nelson Riddle, Bill Berry, Frank Capp - Nat Pierce Juggernaut, Ray Anthony, Bob Crosby and Duke Ellington.
In 1960 he was a member of the studio instrumental rock band The Piltdown Men, who was also Tommy Tedesco. Between 1964 and 1984 he worked as a studio musician; it also made recordings and Others with Lalo Schifrin ( Gone with the Wave, 1964), Quincy Jones, Johnny Rivers, Sarah Vaughan, Jose Feliciano, Bobby Bland, Hampton Hawes, Kris Kristofferson, Steely Dan, Mercer Ellington and Mink DeVille. He also toured with Lionel Hampton, Ellington and Billy Vaughan; he was also at the concert for Bangladesh. In 1984, he left the music business to travel; In 1986, he looked more at Little Richard album Lifetime Friend with 1991 at the Miles Davis / Michel Legrand Dingo production. He returned in 1995 returned to performing with the Count Basie Orchestra, which he still belonged until 1998.