Pat Kelley has recorded eight CD's as a leader,
toured in more than thirty countries as a performer, worked as
a Los Angeles studio guitarist on hundreds of sessions for records,
television, commercials, and motion pictures, and composed more
than one hundred songs that have been commercially recorded.
Pat has performed with Natalie Cole, George Benson, Tom Scott,
David Benoit, Dave Brubeck, John Pisano, Herb Ellis, Rick Braun,
Jeff Lorber, Richard Elliot, Dave Koz, Al Jarreau, Gregg Karukas,
Bill Cantos, Keiko Matsui, Nickel Creek, B. B. King, Ronnie
Laws, Hubert Laws, Jose Feliciano, Eric Marienthal, Olivia Newton
John, Stix Hooper, Randy Crawford, Melissa Manchester, and Burt
Bacharach.
Pat was the house guitarist for several years on the Merv Griffin,
Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Carol Burnett television shows.
He has also performed with symphony orchestras in San Francisco,
San Diego, Houston, Atlanta, Tulsa, Denver, San Antonio, Auckland,
Nashville and Toledo.
In June 2003, Pat was honored in his hometown of Tulsa and
his home state of Oklahoma by being inducted into the Oklahoma
Jazz Hall of Fame. Pat joined the ranks of past inductees such
as Charlie Christian, Chet Baker, Barney Kessel, Oscar Pettiford,
Dave Brubeck, and Lester Young.
Pat is also an active producer and engineer. He is the founder
of the Artsong Music CD label.
Pat holds a full time teaching position in the Studio/Jazz
Guitar Department at the University of Southern California’s
Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles.
