Chris Kelly | |
Birth Name: | Chris Kelly |
Birth Date: | c. 1890 |
Death Date: | August 19, 1929 |
Origin: | Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
Instrument: | trumpet |
Genre: | Jazz |
Past Member Of: | George Lewis |
Chris Kelly (c. 1890 – August 19, 1929) was an American blues trumpeter born in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, on 'Deer Range Plantation',[1] best known for his early contributions on the New Orleans jazz scene.[2] Throughout the 1920s, he was a regular collaborator with clarinetist George Lewis.[1] No photographs or recordings have survived of Kelly.