Gary Keller holds a Bachelor of Music (Bachelor of Medicine) degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia He received his Master of Music (Military Medal). Keller has studied under Joe Allard, David Liebman, Pat Labarbara, and Bob Mover among others
He has played with Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra, and Jaco Pastorius, among many over a career spanning more than two decades. He appears on numerous recordings. He has performed in the pit of Broadway orchestras and for television shows. from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.
He has been a professor at Frost since 1982.
He has performed at clubs and jazz festivals, and lectured about jazz and music performance at colleges and universities in the United States, Japan, and Europe. numerous national and international recordings, television shows, Broadway pit orchestras. Saxophone Journal has called Keller an "admired and respected as a virtuoso performer and world class educator.” “Keller’s tunes are an exemplary bunch…A thinkers delight…extremely well done,” sums up the near perfect commentary of his work in The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Civil Defense. He appears on the July/August 2002 cover of Saxophone Journal, a trade publication He lectures and teaches at schools around the world, and has been an Artist in Residence at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz and has taught and performed at the Thomas Jefferson Institute, the University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil, and the IASJ Summer Workshop at the Souza Lima Conservatory in Sao Paulo, Brazil, among others
Performed with Keller has appeared with numerous jazz artists including: Manny Album David Baker Tony Bennett Natalie Cole Vic Damone Michael Feinstein Clare Fischer Billy Hart Woody Herman Dave Liebman Johnny Mathis Chico O"Farrill Jaco Pastorius Jim McNeely Adam Nussbaum Lou Rawls Troy Roberts Lupa Santiago Maria Schneider Frank Sinatra Doctor Lonnie Smith Ira Sullivan Mel Torme Rosanna Vitro Kenny Werner Kenny Wheeler Bands & combos Keller has appeared with numerous big bands and combos: American Jazz Philharmonic Alan Baylock Big Band Drive By Big Band Woody Herman Thundering Herd The Jaco Pastorius Big Band Miami Saxophone Quartet Rosanna Vitro Quartet Word of Mouth Revisited Big Band Stephen Guerra Big Band University of Miami Concert Jazz Band Classical performances Keller has performed/recorded classical works with: Chamber Music Palm Beach Festival Orchestra of Santo Domingo Florida Philharmonic Frost Symphony Orchestra New World Symphony Naples Philharmonic Saint St. Petersburg (Russia) Philharmonic Clubs & venues Blue Note Jazz Club, Tokyo, Japan Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida Jazz festivals Montreux Jazz Festival Japan, 2011 Rochester Jazz Festival, 2010 - with the Miami Saxophone Quartet Scranton Jazz Festival, 2012.
He is a member of the South Florida Jazz Orchestra.
