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Phil Kelly ..Bio material

In addition to more than 40 years as a composer / arranger for film, TV, and other media applications, he has written for bands like Bill Watrous’ NY Wildlife Refuge, the Old Tonight show band, Doc Severinsen, Si Zentner, as well as functioning as arranger/ conductor / drummer for vocalists Buddy Greco, Julius LaRosa, Frank D’Rone, Sylvia Syms, John Gary, Jenny Smith, and Al “TNT” Braggs among others..

Early on in his career, he also logged several years as a jazz drummer with artists such as Terry Gibbs ,Red Garland, and Denny Zeitlin as well as years of work as a studio and recording drummer. In addition to his film and TV writing, He has written music for over 500 national commercials, ESPN, ABC Sports , NFL Films, and industrial films and shows for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, American Airlines and Zales Jewelers.

He also was the primary arranger for the Fort Worth ( TX) Symphony Pops series for more than 25 years,and has been commissioned to provide custom pop symphonic scores for Doc Severinsen and Peter Nero. He has had arrangements played by the Houston, Dallas, Detroit, Cincinnati, and North Carolina Symphony orchestras. He was also part of the composing /orchestrating staff of the PBS series "Wishbone" ( Big Feets Prod. Tim Cissell music Dir ) working on  approximately 12 episodes in sosme musical capacity

Now semi-retired and residing in Bellingham WA, He still writes jazz and pop orchestra arrangements for publication and on commision, and is beginning an auxiliary career in the educational field as a clinician in film scoring and music for the media at various colleges around the USA, as well as a big band coach at the Bud Shank Centrum Jazz camp in Port Townsend WA. in 2003 and 2004 He has continued to work in the recording industry as an arranger /orchestrator /music producer with jazz /pop artists Terry Gibbs, Norbert "Stix" Hooper, vocalist Primo Kim. He has jsut completed a new CD project with singer / guitarist Frank D'Rone

His big band CDs  ( the first  under his own name, “Convergence Zone” ( 2003 ) and “My Museum “ ( 2005 ) "Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles" ( 2009 ) are all available on Origin records. His first CD "Convergence Zone" was nominated for a 2005 GRAMMY in the arranging category.