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    <title>Brian Kelly</title>
    <description>Brian Kelly is an American composer, pianist, and producer creating music in a variety of genres, including Contemporary Instrumental, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Neo-Classical, and New Age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Born in New York City, Brian grew up in Palo Alto, California. He began piano at age 8. His experience as a stage actor and performer in dozens of plays and musical theatre productions at TheatreWorks and the Palo Alto Children's Theatre, as well as his four years of singing madrigals in an a cappella group, continue to inform his creative work. He studied music composition at Hampshire College and studied jazz piano with Art Lande.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2005 he released his debut album of piano instrumentals, ''Pools of Light'', on his own Skylight Music label. The album charted #1 for two months on modern instrumental radio in North America and was voted Top 10 Best New Age Albums of 2004 by Kathy Parsons of Solo Piano Publications. Brian was nominated for the NAR (New Age Reporter) Lifestyle Music Artist of the Year award.  In 2006 he published ''Pools of Light: the Solo Piano Songbook'', a collection of transcriptions and solo piano arrangements of 11 tracks from his ''Pools of Light'' CD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian's second CD of piano-based instrumental music, “Afterplay” (released in 2008), heads into upbeat contemporary jazz territory while displaying his gifts for strong melodies, fluid chops, and richly detailed arrangements. The album includes the world-renowned talents of Eric Crystal on sax, David Rokeach on drums, Viviana Guzman on flute, and James Robinson on guitar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Kelly is winner of the Keyboard Magazine Soundpage Award for his original composition “Todd Pond” (1990).  His music receives national and international airplay from radio stations and satellite music networks around the world. Brian is a graduate of Hampshire College, and a voting member of the Recording Academy. He resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.</description>
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      <title>Brian Kelly Releases More Sheet Music - Piano Transcriptions</title>
      <description>I've just released sheet music for two more songs from my Afterplay album. These are Piano Transcriptions of "New Vision" (track #3) and "Reach For The Stars" (track #10). They're available now on my website as pdf downloads. Go to: &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24zBQCp9u_" title="http://www.briankelly.com/sheet_music.php"&gt;http://www.briankelly.com/sheet_music.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/downloads" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/afterplay" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/new" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/piano" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/transcriptions" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/sheet" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:34:36 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Brian Kelly Afterplay album eligible for Grammy</title>
      <description>My Afterplay album is eligible for Grammy Award consideration. The Recording Academy considers my Instrumental Album to be more "Pop" than Jazz, in league with artists such as Spyro Gyra, Boney James, Chris Botti... Recording Academy rules prohibit me from specifying which category it is listed in (field and category names and numbers are proprietary). Listen to the album here: www.briankelly.com/cds/Afterplay/&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/afterplay" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/jazz" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/award" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/grammy" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/pop" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/instrumental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45:22 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Brian Kelly Releases New Sheet Music - Piano Transcriptions</title>
      <description>I've just released sheet music for two songs from my &lt;strong&gt;Afterplay&lt;/strong&gt; album. These are Piano Transcriptions of &lt;strong&gt;"Afterplay"&lt;/strong&gt; (track #6) and &lt;strong&gt;"Celtic Fire"&lt;/strong&gt; (track #8). They're &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24zBQBudq_" title="http://www.briankelly.com/sheet_music.php"&gt;available now on my website&lt;/a&gt; as pdf downloads.  7 pages each,  price: $4 each ~ recommended for advanced players or those who want insight into my piano technique, improvisational style, and contemporary jazz voicings. Go to: &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24zBQBudq_" title="http://www.briankelly.com/sheet_music.php"&gt;http://www.briankelly.com/sheet_music.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24zBQBudq_" title="http://www.briankelly.com/sheet_music.php"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/afterplay" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/fire" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/piano" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/celtic" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/sheet" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/transcriptions" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:45:16 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Brian Kelly-Afterplay Wins 2nd Place in the Best Instrumental Jazz Category !</title>
      <description>The 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Album Winners have been announced. I'm excited and honored to learn that my album, Afterplay, came in 2nd place in the "Best Instrumental Jazz Album" category. The winners are listed here: &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/2411O7Vcq_" title="http://www.jpfolks.com/09albumwinners.html"&gt;http://www.jpfolks.com/09albumwinners.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/award" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/afterplay" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/jazz" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/folks" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/just" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/instrumental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:55:43 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Music by Brian Kelly in Travel Channel series</title>
      <description>Music by Brian Kelly has been licensed for use in a series on the Travel Channel called “The Relic Hunter”, which premiers Oct. 10, 2009.&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/travel" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/channel" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:10:08 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Brian Kelly / Afterplay nominated Best Instrumental Jazz Album</title>
      <description>Afterplay, the latest album by Brian Kelly, has been nominated for "Best Instrumental Jazz Album 2009". "Celtic Fire" (track #8 on the album) has been nominated for "Best Instrumental Jazz Song 2009" in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards.&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/afterplay" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/best" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/jazz" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/awards" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/instrumental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:43:11 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Brian Kelly’s Afterplay nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Album 2009</title>
      <description>Afterplay, the latest album by Brian Kelly, has been nominated for “Best Instrumental Jazz Album 2009″. “Celtic Fire” (track #8 on the album) has been nominated for “Best Instrumental Jazz Song 2009″ in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards. See the complete list of nominees: &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/2411O6Ylm_" title="http://www.jpfolks.com/default.php?page=awards"&gt;http://www.jpfolks.com/default.php?page=awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/folks" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/brian" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/afterplay" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/just" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/awards" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/instrumental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kelly" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/jazz" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/plain" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/briankellypiano/blogs/2009/06/26/rODWzPoT/brian-kellys-afterplay-nominated-for-best-instrumental-jazz-album-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:54:51 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Updates to playlist: Brian Kelly</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:55:55 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>New CD by Brian Kelly: Afterplay</title>
      <description>My new CD, Afterplay, is available now and ready to ship! Order from&lt;br&gt;my website: www.briankelly.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I've turned up the heat on this album. It's more energetic than my first, while still offering space for beauty and quiet eloquence - it's a full meal! I remain committed to strong melodies, fluid chops, and richly textured arrangements, and am joined by some fantastic musicians who really bring the music alive: Eric Crystal on sax, David Rokeach on drums, Viviana Guzman and Carol Alban on flutes, James Robinson on acoustic guitar, Ross Wilson on trumpet &amp; trombone, and Tim Bolling on percussion. The CD is also available from: CdBaby &amp; Amazon&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/age" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/contemporary" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/cd" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/instrumental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/new" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/piano" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/jazz" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:53:38 -0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:22:38 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Flavor Seven by Brian Kelly</title>
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