Roddy Ellias Free Spirit Ensemble: Not This Room

Canadian guitarist Roddy Ellias creates a mix of folk and jazz, not unlike the vintage band Oregon on this album featuring vocalist Kellylee Evans, pianist Marc Copland and a cast of Justin Orok/g, Chris Pond/b, Jose Garcia/perc, Petr Cancura/reeds-mand, Guy Pelletier/fl, Richard Page/bcl and Pierre-Yves Marte;/viola.

Evans’ voice is rich and flexible, working well in this troubadour’d atmosphere, melancholic during “Not This Room”, thoughtfully bohemian with Page on “Closer” and “Suddenly” and strolling around the droplets of guitar strings on the troubadour’d “The Street”. The moods and dynamics stay about the same all the way through, making things a bit lacking in dynamism but emphasizing melody to make up for the lack. A quiet night at McCabes Guitar Shop.

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