Dr. Quincy Jones and Dr. Roger Kellaway

Quincy Jones and Roger Kellaway receive their honorary
doctorate degrees at The New England Conservatory of Music
Photo by Jorjana Kellaway

Kellaway In Boston And L.A.

by Doug Ramsey from Rifftides  

When Roger Kellaway isn't performing in a club or concert, or practicing and composing at home, chances are he's out collecting honors.   Recently, he picked up two in the city where he grew up, Boston.   For one event, he and his friend Quincy Jones dressed in black gowns and medieval hats to receive honorary doctorates from Kellaway's alma mater, the New England Conservatory of Music.   For another, he heard his music played by the Boston Pops.   The news may have been in all of the Boston papers, but we heard it by way of the semi-weekly newspaper in Ojai, Kellaway's longtime mountain valley home in Southern California.   To read the story, click this

For a Rifftides review of a recent Kellaway album, see 

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