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Denis Keldie...

...as a studio musician, playing piano, organ, accordion, mandolin and guitar, he has over 200 CDs (and vinyl albums) to his credit, with artists such as Natalie McMaster, Jeff Healey, Prairie Oyster, Rita Coolidge w/Ry Cooder, The Boomers, Jesse Cook, Alfie Zappacosta, Lost&Profound, Stompin’ Tom, Henry Gross, Quartette, The Extras, Etta James, and has performed on television and live appearances with The Rankins, Colin James, Jann Arden, Amy Sky, Ashley McIsaac, Bruce Guthro, Gordie Sampson and many others.

Active...

... in a wide range of music over the years, from R&B to Jazz, Pop, Country and everything else in between, both in Toronto and abroad.
As founder of A&M recording act “The Extras”, he co-wrote four critically acclaimed pop albums from 1980 to 1985 and toured extensively during that time, producing several innovative videos, including Canada’s first animated video of “I Can’t Stand Still”.

The Year 2000...

...saw the release of the much-acclaimed “2B3 - The Toronto Sessions” CD, a collection of Hammond organ duets with Denis Keldie, Doug Riley, Mike Fonfara, Rob Gusevs, Bill Payne and Richie Hayward from Little Feat.
Also that year, he toured with “Allen, Glass, DeCarle and Keldie” an acoustic roots-country quartet with members of Prairie Oyster.

2001 saw the release of a jazz organ CD of “The Denis Keldie Trio”, with Paul DeLong and Bill Murray. Recent film and TV composing credits include “In His Father’s Shoes”, “Crossed Over”, starring Diane Keaton.

The year 2002 saw the release of “Rainy Day Sunshine”, a fundraising CD Denis produced for the Look Good-Feel Better Foundation, who help women deal with the appearance-related side effects of chemotherapy.