“I would also like to thank my new friends, Zachariah Spellman and Karen Hutchinson for their inspiring musicianship and their devotion to my music.” That was Roger Kellaway in 2019 in an email he sent back to me after I sent him the first recording of “Westwood Song” in 2019. Back then it was to be the first track on a full CD of Roger’s music. But we had scheduling problems - as one frequently does in this business - so we decided to release Westwood Song as a single.
Then the pandemic came along and it became impossible to get into a studio anywhere. Then there were periods of personal health issues, more scheduling issues, you can see where this is going.
Thankfully Zach started leaning on me again to record again in 2021. While this CD isn’t the exact one Zach and I originally conceived of way back when, it is a great look into the tuba music of Roger Kellaway. Why, you may ask, did this jazz piano player composer and arranger write so much music for Tuba? Roger himself was very good friends with another Roger, Roger Bobo, the virtuoso L.A. Philharmonic tubist and inspiration for many of Mr. Kellaway’s tuba and piano duets.
While two of the compositions presented are what we in the classical world would call “serious,” one could say that they are ‘dancing’ around the more lighthearted friend in the middle, and that’s where we get the album title “One More Dance.”
— Eric Wayne, producer Digital Victrola Records
Please visit my blog post about pricing decisions concerning this album:
www.digitalvictrola.com/news/2023/10/22/a-note-about-pricing-in-the-age-of-apple
released November 1, 2023
Zachariah Spellman - Tuba
Karen Hutchinson - piano
Roger Kellaway - composer
Recorded, mixed and produced by Eric Wayne
Mastered by Ken Lee Mastering
Design by Randi J. Daniels at 381Design