Welcome to the website of Kelsey Mines
“Dear Kelsey,
Your solo performance is so creative, full of sounds, full of love. Each piece is special and unique, with great feeling, direct like your voice... You create and invent a vocabulary, its you. Its a risk, but life without risk could be so boring, at least, that’s what i think. Continue !! Its just what we need.”
‘Everything Sacred, Nothing Serious’ Out October 17th
With a wealth of wide-ranging experiences in jazz, classical and experimental music, it's no surprise that Seattle bassist, composer & vocalist Kelsey Mines' first recording in the modern jazz tradition would offer an interesting perspective, with evocative textures and surprising, inspired orchestrations. Between flutist Elsa Nilsson, trombonist Beserat Tafesse, pianist John Hansen, and Kelsey on bass and voice, melodic statements arrive in unpredictable combinations... READ MORE