kelly sill - jazz bassist -bio

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Kelly Sill has worked for over 30 years in the Chicago area as a house bassist for Rick`s Cafe Americain, George`s, The Jazz Showcase, Pop`s, and The Green Mill. Concert venues include the Chicago Jazz Festival, Ravinia, the Red Sea Jazz Festival, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, and Orchestra Hall (Symphony Center) in Chicago.

Kelly has performed with

Hank Jones        Woody Shaw     Dave Liebman      Eddie Jefferson     Snooky Young      

Cedar Walton     Red Rodney      Eddie Harris         Johnny Hartman     Tommy Flanagan  

Joe Henderson   Billy Eckstine     Don Menza           Clark Terry             Jerome Richardson

Barry Harris        Conti Condoli     Ruth Brown           Cissy Houston       Art Farmer

Red Holloway     Donald Byrd       Ira Sullivan             Anita O`Day          Freddie Hubbard

Herb Ellis            Bobby Watson   Jackie McLean     Dakota Staton      Bobby Hutcherson

Kenny Burrell      Bill Hardman      Charlie Rouse       Clifford Jordan      Morgana King

Barney Kessel    Urbie Green       Scott Hamilton      Chris Conner        Chris Potter

Mel Lewis           Art Blakey           Louis Bellson        Ernie Watts           Sadao Watanabe

Jim McNeely      Mose Allison       David Newman     Ed Thigpen           Marvin Stamm

Sonny Fortune    Bob Mintzer        Lew Tabackin       Harry Allen            Charles McPherson

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