For those unaware, Cellar Music Group and SmallsLIVE Foundation are excited to announce the May 17th, 2024 release of Roger Kellaway Live At Mezzrow.

This new live album celebrates the inimitable sound of an under-celebrated compositional master performing at the peak of his ability, over sixty years into a potent musical career.

Recorded live at the iconic Mezzrow jazz club in New York City – pianist, composer and arranger Roger Kellaway conjures breath-taking musical imagery with selections from the songbooks of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn and more.

Live at Mezzrow features an extraordinary lineup including Jay Leonhart on bass, Dennis Mackrel on drums, and special guest Roni Ben-Hur on guitar.

The greatest composers, arrangers and improvisers all share one major trait in common – they can tell a story. Either with their pen or with their axe, the very best of these three camps dig deep within to spill their personal truths in a way that audiences can relate to. Rarely does one come across an artist that is a true master in all three of these practices – however, such is the case with Roger Kellaway.

1. Try to Remember (3:08) – Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones
2. All Blues (10:08) – Miles Davis
3. Blue in Green (7:42) – Bill Evans / Miles Davis
4. Pages of Life (6:27) – Ettore Stratta
5. Good Morning Bahia (10:29) – Ettore Stratta
6. So What? (8:02) – Miles Davis
7. All My Life (5:56) – Roger Kellaway
8. Straight No Chaser (8:25) – Thelonious Monk
9. Take the A Train (11:33) – Billy Strayhorn

The new recording opens on the delicately hued smooth jazz number Try To Remember and a dutiful dedication to a genuine monument of jazz music, All Blues and then we get the beautiful piano and aching horn work found within Blue in Green and the divinely sculpted Pages of Life.

Along next is the simply divine Good Morning Bahia and the smokey smooth So What? and they are backed by the yearnful Kellaway original All My Life, the album closing on the effortless coolness brought to the fore on Straight No Chaser and the impactful foot-tapper Take the A Train.