Sharif Kellogg - piano, bass, guitars.
We sometimes credit Sharif with being the most creative of us all. Principally as a keyboardist, Sharif shines as a creator of texture, elegance and melody. He originally encountered ilyAIMY at a show at the sadly-deceased Year of the Rabbit Cafe where he was so enraptured with the music he trailed rob to an open mic later that week and asked to sit in. rob threw difficult songs and barrels at him but he demonstrated a fantastic capacity for improvised beauty that has made him a coveted accompanist and an indispensible part of ilyAIMY's overall sound.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Sharif began playing piano pre-kindergarten in Taiwan. He later picked up clarinet and trumpet through middle school in Gaithersburg, MD, and then guitar and drums while in high school in Beijing. He's also passed through New Dehli, India, the Ivory Coast and Massachusetts. Eventually, he settled back in Maryland and decided he needed to be an amazing bass player as well. Sharif's exotic good looks come from a mixture of Japanese, Chinese, Hawaiian, English, French, Scottish and a couple of Dutch genes.

When ilyAIMY's core duo of rob and Heather are touring, he and our percussionist, Rowan, perform as a duo called IO mostly covering Tool, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails and Tori Amos.

And IO's a BEAST!