Kelly Broadway became one of Portland, Oregon's major jazz vocalists when she moved there in 1990, virtually taking the Rose City by storm with her strong and swinging way with jazz, blues, big band and rock versatility. She quickly began working with some rather elite instrumentalists (Dave Frishberg, Randy Porter, Leroy Vinegar, Mel Brown and Ed Bennett) and appeared in regular gigs at the city's jazz clubs and jazz festivals. She was also a featured soloist with the Oregon Pops Symphony, the Woody Hite Big Band and Art Abrahm's Swing machine. Her first CD entitled "Kelly Broadway in Concert" was produced by Pillar Productions and gained regional air play and accolades.

After moving to New York City in 1996, Kelly began singing in some of the finest clubs in the Big Apple (The Blue Note, Cleopatra's Needle, Birdland and Arturo's) and performing with many top New York musicians (Russell Malone, Peter Bernstein, Bruce Barth, David Berkman and John Bunch). She learned to further hone her craft under the watchful eye of jazz great Mark Murphy, which ultimately led to her wonderful odyssey of performing and traveling the world as a premier jazz vocalist for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines.

In 2000 Kelly was awarded a jazz performance scholarship to study with legendary jazz great Jon Hendricks (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross) at the University of Toledo where she received her BA in music. "I find that she possesses an originality all too rare in these times of chaos at the absence of the titans that once walked amongst us," says Jon Hendricks. She is currently an active board member of the Toledo Jazz Society and teaches voice and jazz stylings for up-and-coming vocalists. Kelly continues to perform frequently in the Detroit, Ann Arbor and Toledo area.