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About Me

Throughout her performance career, she has had the opportunity to play and study with jazz legends Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath and Slide Hampton. A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, Kelly studied and performed extensively with great jazz trombonist Steve Davis (of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, as well as Chick Coreas Grammy-Nominated Band, Origin). She also worked with accomplished bassist Nat Reeves (of the Kenny Garrett Quartet and Jackie McLeans MacBand). During her four years at Hartt, she had much exposure to jazz pianists Cedar Walton, Harold Mabern and Larry Willis although her primary teacher was Andy LaVerne. Andy states, Thanks to her keen ear, talent and ability to quickly assimilate musical concepts, her playing is always steadily and rapidly progressing. Most importantly, her playing swings!In 2002, Kelly earned the opportunity to perform and study in London, England at Middlesex University. During her time abroad, she traveled and performed with various bands throughout Germany, Spain, Italy and Holland.In addition, Kelly has performed at the Regattabar in Boston, Smoke Jazz Club in New York City and jazz clubs in Japan, among others.Kelly recently finished her masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music.

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Member Since: 1/1/2006
Band Website: kellypowersjazz.com
Band Members: KELLY POWERS QUARTET-Sharel Cassity- alto sax, Renee Cruz- bass, Vanessa Cruz- drums
Musicians on the recording: Samir Zarif- tenor, Matt Aronoff- bass, Kendrick Scott- drums.. CDBABY LINK for KELLY POWERS: Kelly Powers Trio --
Influences: Cedar Walton, Harold Mabern, Wynton Kelly, Sonny Clark, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, Bjork, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman
Sounds Like: Herself
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Kelly Powers Trio available on CDBaby.com!

My first CD is now available on CDBaby.com! This recording features musicians Samir Zarif on tenor sax, Matt Aronoff on bass and Kendrick Scott on drums. Please check it out:http://cdbaby.com/cd/kelly...
Posted by Kelly Nagata Powers on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:28:00 PST

Excited about my new Nord Electro!

I am excited about my new keyboard I purchased yesterday. Its a 73 key nord electro with a backpack case. This thing has a super sweet rhodes sound and makes my life so much easier to do gigs around N...
Posted by Kelly Nagata Powers on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:56:00 PST

Rest in Peace, JMac

Jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean dies at 73 HARTFORD, Connecticut --Jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, aperformer and educator who played with legendary musicians including Miles Davis and Sonny ...
Posted by Kelly Nagata Powers on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:03:00 PST

More sound clips soon (I promise!)

Hiya, Just wanted to let you all know I plan on having more sound clips up soon of some original music I have been working on. I have some music on mini disc but do not know how to transfer them ont...
Posted by Kelly Nagata Powers on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:16:00 PST

New Website!

Hey Everybody, Although its still under major construction, I'm happy to say that I finally have my website up and running! There really isn't much to it yet - but if you check back in...
Posted by Kelly Nagata Powers on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:12:00 PST