{"product_id":"rickey-kelly-my-kind-of-music-lp","title":"Rickey Kelly – My Kind Of Music LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLP version. Jazzman's latest Holy Grail reissue is this private press spiritual jazz gem out of California from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRickey Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and his vibes and marimba. Features \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Reeves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (vocals) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdele Sebastian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (flute)! \"Rickey, I know these are your friends, the guys you went to school with, but if you wanna record an album, you record with musicians who have been playing their whole life; whatever you write, they'll put their whole life into it. You play with your friends; they may not even play in tune.\" These are the words of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlave\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e guitarist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and they were to change the course of young Rickey Kelly's life. It was 1978, and music student Kelly had approached Johnson with a tape of rough demos of some songs he'd written. A San Francisco native, Kelly had recently moved the short distance south to study music at LA City College in East Hollywood. He was a member of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eE.W. Wainwright Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfrican Roots of Jazz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and was spending up to 10 hours a day in practice on both vibes and marimba. He also played with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorace Tapscott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and had his own band made up of fellow students, but it was his ambition to make an album that led to the conversation with Johnson. It was a turning point in his education, and a decision was looming. Some calls were made and the date was set to record at Studio Masters on Beverly Blvd, a studio set up just a few years previous in 1973, owned and operated by Dot Records founder \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As the recording session took place, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was listening in. He was impressed. Kelly didn't have the funds to manufacture and release the album himself, so Wood suggested it was pressed up on his in-house studio label, Los Angeles Phonograph Records, and thus the LP \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Kind of Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was released early in 1979. The album also saw a subsequent pressing soon afterwards on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's New Note label. Kelly remains humble and proud of his debut album to this day. \"I was still a beginner\" he says, \"These masters walked in, smiling, and gave me something worth gold.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazzman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51226115768543,"sku":"36979449","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0312\/7630\/2471\/files\/JMAN150LP_PROD.jpg?v=1787070592","url":"https:\/\/www.feelitrecordshop.com\/products\/rickey-kelly-my-kind-of-music-lp","provider":"Feel It Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}