It's All Right - Music

Wynton Kelly December 2 1931 In Jamaica — April 12 1971 In Toronto Ontario Canada Was A Jazz Pianist Who Spent His Career In The United States. 1 He Is Perhaps Best Known For Working With Trumpeter Miles Davis In The '50s. 1 Kelly Started His Professional Career As A Teenager Initially As A Member Of R&B Groups. After Working With Lee Abrams Cecil Payne Dinah Washington And Dizzy Gillespie 2 He Was A Member Of Miles Davis's Quintet From 1959 To 1963. He Appears On Davis's Seminal 1959 Album Kind Of Blue Replacing Bill Evans On The Track "Freddie Freeloader" With Davis Asking Kelly To Sound More Like Ahmad Jamal . He Likewise Appears On A Single Track From John Coltrane's Giant Steps Replacing Tommy Flanagan On "Naima". 1 A Superb Accompanist Wynton Kelly Was Also A Distinctive Soloist. He Recorded 14 Titles For Blue Note In A Trio 1951 And Worked With Dinah Washington Dizzy Gillespie And Lester Young During 1951-1952. After Serving In The Military He Worked With Dinah Washington 1955-1957 Charles Mingus 1956-1957 And The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band 1957 But He Would Be Most Famous For His Stint With Miles Davis 1959-1963 Recording Such Albums With Miles As Kind Of Blue At The Blackhawk And Someday My Prince Will Come. When He Left Davis Kelly Took The Rest Of The Rhythm Section Bassist Paul Chambers And Drummer Jimmy Cobb With Him To Form His Trio. Before His Early Death Of An Epileptic Seizure Kelly Recorded As A Leader For Blue Note Riverside Records Vee-Jay Verve And Milestone. 3 Kelly Had A Daughter Tracy In 1963 With Partner Anne. The Track "Little Tracy" From The LP Coming In The Back Door Is Named After Kelly's Daughter. Tracy Matisak Is A Now A Philadelphia Television Personality. Kelly's Second Cousin Bassist Marcus Miller Also Performed With Miles Davis In The Eighties And Nineties. 1 read less