Years active 1990–present Website www.kidsounz.com | Labels Martian Music Name Kelvin Roy | |
Instruments composer, bass trumpet, piano, baritone trumpet, and trombone Associated acts Nairobi Trio
Jews Brothers
BlueStars | ||
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Kelvin Roy is a New Zealand based musician and composer. With a background in jazz, and more recently, children’s educational music, he has played as part of the Nairobi Trio, as well as founded, composed and performed with numerous bands, including The Jews Brothers Band, BlueStars, and Latin American-inspired Sonora. Born to a New Zealand father in Flint, Michigan, USA, Kelvin performed in popular funk and jazz bands in over seven US states, from the midwest to Lafayette, Louisiana, and San Francisco, California, before making New Zealand his home. Kelvin has recorded with Jews Brothers, BlueStars, Gyrotayshin, and in 1997 released a solo album entitled inner space under the label Martian Music. He followed this up with just can't stop.
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The album received kudos from both US and New Zealand radio stations, and he went on to release the Times of Our Lives CD and single, which featured on the SmoothJazz.com playlist for over two years.
One of the albums Kelvin produced with BlueStars, Around the World of Music Live at the Loaded Hog, charted at number #1 on the local radio station KAFM in Grand Junction, Colorado and played on many CMJ Network stations in the USA. The Loaded Hog, the venue of the live recording, was a regular host to Kelvin and BlueStars for over three years. He also continued the BlueStars Band in Australia.
He continues to release under the same label, Martian Music, and now focuses his attention on music for children. His hit song ‘Countdown’ was nominated for Children's Song of the Year in 2012, and since 2008, Martian Music has released ten albums of children’s music, composed and performed by Kelvin Roy. The biannual albums focus on a key theme (such as animals, conservation, activities and values, or holidays) with an emphasis on dance and movement.
Kelvin is a master of the particularly rare bass trumpet, or otherwise known as a marching valve trombone, and also sings, plays keyboards, percussion and trombone.