Jon-Erik Kellso

An excellent warm jazz trumpeter, Jon-Erik Kellso’s taking part in on many Arbors recordings within the middle-’90s put him close to the best of his field. After going to Wayne State University or college, he used the brand new McKinney’s Natural cotton Pickers and J.C. Heard’s Orchestra. Kellso relocated to NY in 1989 and was quickly dealing with a who’s who of mainstream jazz, including Dan Barrett, Dick Hyman, Kenny Davern, Howard Alden, and Marty Grosz. An associate of Wayne Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz music group and Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks, Kellso offers made an appearance on record times, including with Rick Fay as well as the Wonderful Seven; his debut program as a innovator was for Arbors in 1993. Since that time, he has continuing to tour and integrate himself in to the mainstream jazz picture, documenting with heroes like Johnny Varro and getting critical compliment for his mastery from the Puje, a handcrafted blowing wind instrument that is clearly a mix between a cornet along with a trumpet.