DISCOGRAPHY
Composition: Kelly McCarty
Copyright: Kelly McCarty
Label: 72 Offsuit Records
Kelly McCarty Upright Bass
Matt Leifer Drums
Alphonso Horne Trumpet
Joshua Bowlus Fender Rhodes
RouxSteady (Released July 2012)
Composition: Kelly McCarty
Copyright: Kelly McCarty
Label: 72 Offsuit Records
Kelly McCarty 8-String Guitar
John A. Diaz-Cortes Tenor Saxophone
A.J. Hall Drums
Common Anomaly (Released 2006)
Composition: Kelly McCarty
Copyright: Kelly McCarty
Label: Little Apple Records
Kelly McCarty 8-string Guitar
Brandon Holloman Tenor Saxophone
Matt Leifer Drums
LISTEN
"A Periapsis Suite" is an empowering, trance-inducing collision of individual and collective spirit. Bassist and composer Kelly McCarty fuses improvisatory storytelling (notation and written text) with an all-star cast of characters. Like a road trip with designated points but open-ended travel time, Periapsis is all about the journey. Seamless and soothing, the band draws from all directions in jazz fusion, from Miles Davis to Nick Payton to the Benevento-Russo duo."
-Alex Ariff from Hardbop Jazz Journal
"How do you make a trio sound like a quartet? Well, one way to do it is put a Novax eight-string guitar in the hands of Kelly McCarty. When not actually playing like a guitarist, McCarty uses the instrument like he’s playing organ chords while covering for the bass. It’s part of what makes the Kelly McCarty 3’s Roux Steady (72 Offsuit Records, 2012) work."
Woodrow Wilkins from The Jazz Writer
SIDEMAN WORK
"When You Feel It Within" by Steve Scholz
Released on November 20, 2012
Steve Scholz Piano
Jon Olejnik Saxophone
Kelly McCarty Bass
Leon Anderson Jr. Drums
Released on June 1, 2011
All music, arrangements and lyrics by Alexander Gelles Ariff (BMI)
Copyright © and Publication Rights ℗ 2011 Sheriff Ariff Music, All Right Reserved
"Simply Us" by Valerie Bouchard
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Easy Listening: Crooners/Vocals
Copyright: Valerie Bouchard