Bobby Darin Arranger Roger Kellaway receives French Jazz Academy Award

January 2nd, 2008

Bobby Darin’s friend and arranger, Roger Kellaway, will receive the “Best Record Of The Year” award in the “Classic Jazz” category from the French Jazz Academy at a ceremony on Monday, January 7, 2008 at the Grand Foyer of the Châtelet Theater in Paris, France. The award is for the Roger Kellaway Trio album “Heroes.”
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Interview: Bobby Darin arranger Perry Botkin

September 10th, 2007

When you hear Bobby Darin swinging Count Basie-style on the “In a Broadway Bag” LP, this is largely thanks to arranger/conductor Perry Botkin. Botkin came into the project in the spring of 1966, with an intense desire to emulate the great Basie recordings he admired so much. One listen to the first five tunes on […]

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