| Stan Keller | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Name: | Stanley Keller Grubb |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Arvada, Colorado |
| Instrument: | Woodwinds, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Bassoon, Oboe |
| Genre: | Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Big band, Polkas |
| Years Active: | 1920s - mid 1960s |
| Past Member Of: | Stan Keller and His Orchestra |
Stan Keller (né Stanley Keller Grubb, May 1, 1907 – August 7, 1990) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.[1]
While performing at the Stork Club in New York City, Sherman Billingsley, the proprietor, often referred to Keller's group as the "Ork of Stork" ("ork" being colloquial for "orchestra").
Stanley Keller Grubb's parents were Benjamin Franklin Grubb (b. 1873), a steam shovel operator in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania and Elizabeth (née Keller) Grubb (b. 1872). The family descended from John Grubb, who came to the Delaware Valley from Cornwall in 1677.[2] The youngest of four children, Stan mastered the clarinet, all saxophones, flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, and bassoon. He performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 13.