Recorded appearances as a leader and sideman
#As Leader#As Sideman
Personnel Kevin Çelebi - trumpet Kenny Drew Jr. - piano Bruce Wallace - bass (tracks 1-7, 9) Rich MacDonald - drums (tracks 2-3, 5-7) John Çelebi - drums (track 1) Charles "Chuck" Parr - drums (tracks 4, 9) Mike Valasek - guest flugelhorn (track 7)
Recorded by Tom Becker & Paul Richardson Mastered by Paul Richardson & Aaron Urbanski Cover shot & design by Nancy Nassiff Produced by Kevin Çelebi
Track listing
The darker side 1. Purge Corruption (Kevin Çelebi) 2. Shade of Jade (Joe Henderson) 3. Human Nature (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) 4. Grace (Steve Wilson)The lighter side 5. Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk) 6. Stripped But Not Deprived (Kevin Çelebi) 7. When Lights Are Low (Benny Carter) 8. Laura (David Raskin) 9. Grace (reprise) (Steve Wilson)
Here it is on:
Listen to samples This was my debut, recorded with the late and great Kenny Drew Jr, whom I've dedicated it to.
Recorded: April 2014
Personnel Kevin Çelebi - trumpet Kenny Drew Jr. - piano Bruce Wallace - bass Rich MacDonald - drums
Set 1 (the darker side) 1. Get Happy (Harold Arlen) 2. Grace (Steve Wilson) 3. Poetic Shades (dedicated to James Williams) (Kevin Çelebi) 4. Human Nature (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) 5. Shade of Jade (Joe Henderson) 6. Purge Corruption (Kevin Çelebi)
Set 2 (the lighter side) 1. When Lights Are Low (Benny Carter) 2. Trio tune (Kenny Drew Jr.) 3. That's All (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) 4. Laura (David Raskin) 5. Stripped But Not Deprived (Kevin Çelebi)
Live album, and my last recording with Kenny.
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Recorded: January 2015
Personnel Kevin Çelebi - trumpet Valerie Gillespie - alto sax Mark Gould - tenor sax Greg Nielsen - trombone LaRue Nickelson - guitar Bruce Wallace - bass Charles "Chuck" Parr - drums
Set 1 1. Down Under (Freddie Hubbard) 2. When the Saints Go Marchin' In 3. Backstage Sally (Wayne Shorter) 4. Body & Soul (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) 5. Purge Corruption (Kevin Çelebi)
Set 2 1. Black Nile (Wayne Shorter) 2. Three for Rodney (Kevin Çelebi) 3. Little B's Poem (Bobby Hutcherson) 4. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter) 5. I Wish (Stevie Wonder)
Live album with my septet, Harmonic Sanity. I REALLY love playing in this format!
* A six-track EP recorded with LaRue Nickelson (g), Bruce Wallace (b), and Rich MacDonald (d). * A studio release with Harmonic Sanity * A studio release with other Detroit-based jazz musicians - Dean Moore & Randy Scott (sax), Jon Dixon (p), Noah Jackson (b), John Çelebi (d). Excited to record this later this year!
Recorded: May 2011
Personnel Jared Thompson - tenor sax Kevin Çelebi - trumpet John Çelebi - piano Frank Smith - bass Greg Artry - drums
Set 1 1. Fee Fi Fo Fum (by Wayne Shorter) 2. We Fall Down (Kyle Matthews) 3. Skydive (Freddie Hubbard) 4. April Fool's (John Çelebi)
Set 2 1. Any Questions (Jared Thompson) 2. The Unity (Adonis Rose) 3. Blue 7 (Sonny Rollins) 4. Soulful (Roy Hargrove) 5. Two Tranquil Minds (Kevin Çelebi)
Live album with Premium Blend at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis. This entire album is freely available on YouTube!
Recorded: February 2013
Personnel David Pruyn, Mark Pettey, Scott Melamerson, Kevin Çelebi - trumpets Greg Nielsen, George Mancini, Trace Hance, others - trombones Rodney Rojas, David Pate, Mike Brignola, Tom Ellison, Don Rhynard - saxophones Kenny Drew Jr. - piano Perry Orfanella - bass Bob Stone - drums
1. Tooti for Cootie (Duke Ellington) 2. It Might As Well Be Spring (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II) 3. How Long Has This Been Going On (George & Ira Gershwin) 4. In A Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington 5. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Ray Noble) 6. Whispers (Tom Kubis) - this is incorrectly listed as "Whisper Not" on the album's track listing, which is wrong. 7. Soon (George & Ira Gershwin) 8. I'll Close My Eyes (Billy Reid) 9. But Not For Me (George & Ira Gershwin) - the Bob Mintzer arrangement 10. Blood Count (Billy Strayhorn) 11. On A Misty Night (Tadd Dameron) 12. A Foggy Day (George & Ira Gershwin)
Live album with the Naples Jazz Orchestra, taken from a few different performances. I have solos on track 6 and 7.
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Recorded: March 2014(?)
Personnel Kevin Çelebi, Luke Jones, Chris Staine, Mike Valasek - trumpet Don Parker, Dick Hamilton, others - trombones Rodney Rojas, Len Murphy, others - saxophones Jerry Eckert - piano Bruce Wallace - bass Charles "Chuck" Parr - drums
Unfortunately I haven't listened to this one in a LONG time and I've forgotten most of the details. I'll go try to find it and get it a real release. If you're feeling impatient, visit SJP's website and bother the bandleader George McLain, I know he's a got a bunch of copies.
Live album with the Sarasota Jazz Project.
Sarasota jazz project's website
There are a few other appearances I'm sure I'm leaving out, such as:
* Sarasota Jazz Project's only studio album (I believe it's titled "The Best of Friends"...I should help George get this on digital platforms, but until then, contact him if you want a copy george@sarasotajazzproject.org) * Sarasota Jazz Project Live: Jazz at 2 (six total concerts: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022) * Metro Connection Live: Jazz at 2 (2013) * Metro Connection Live at the Rochester Jazz Festival * Anon & the Late Show - debut album
Because I really don't know the status of these recordings. I'm always on the search for work I've done, so I can burn what's not good and help release what is.
I welcome your feedback at kevincelebi@hotmail.com