Kelly Sill has worked for over 30 years in the Chicago area as a house bassist for Rick`s Cafe Americain, George`s, The Jazz Showcase, Pop`s, and The Green Mill. Concert venues include the Chicago Jazz Festival, Ravinia, the Red Sea Jazz Festival, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, Joe Segal's Jazz Cruise, and Orchestra Hall (Symphony Center) in Chicago.

Kelly has performed with Hank Jones, Woody Shaw, Dave Liebman, Eddie Jefferson, Snooky Young, Cedar Walton, Red Rodney, Eddie Harris, Ruth Brown, Johnny Hartman, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, Billy Eckstine, Don Menza, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Conti Condoli, Bill Evans, Cissy Houston, Art Farmer, Red Holloway, Donald Byrd, Ira Sullivan, Anita O`Day, Freddie Hubbard, Herb Ellis, Bobby Watson, Jackie Mclean, Dakota Staton, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell, Bill Hardman, Charlie Rouse, Clifford Jordan, Morgana King, Barney Kessel, Urbie Green, Scott Hamilton, Chris Conner, Bobby Enriquez, Mel Lewis, Art Blakey, Louis Bellson, Ernie Watts, Sadao Watanabe, Jim McNeely, Mose Allison, David Newman, and Jerome Richardson.

Photo by Bill Klewitz

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