Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Roddy Ellias
Free Spirit Ensemble featuring Kellylee Evans
"Not This Room"
Roddy Ellias - acoustic steel string guitar
Kellylee Evans - voice
Marc Copland - piano
Justin Orok - nylon string guitar
Chris Pond - bass
Jose Garcia - percussion
Petr Cancura - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinets, mandolin
Guy Pelletier - bass flute, C flute
Richard Page - bass clarinet
Pierre-Yves Martel - viola da gamba
All compositions by Roddy Ellias (music) and Sandra Nicholls (words)
Sound recording and mixing - Randy Cole
Mastering - Guy Hebert (Karisma Mastering)
Recorded September 8 and 9, 2021 at MacKay United Church, Ottawa
Cover photo by Jure Kravanja. Graphic Design by Marilee Townsend.
Video by Randy Cole
Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support.
© Roddy Ellias.
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use of this recording is prohibited by law.
"Not This Room" CD and vinyl available at:
roddyellias.com
roddyellias.bandcamp.com
Roddy Ellias
Free Spirit Ensemble featuring Kellylee Evans
"Not This Room"
Roddy Ellias - acoustic steel string guitar
Kellylee Evans - voice
Marc Copland - piano
Justin Orok - nylon string guitar
Chris Pond - bass
Jose Garcia - percussion
Petr Cancura - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinets, mandolin
Guy Pelletier - bass flute, C flute
Richard Page - bass clarinet
Pierre-Yves Martel - viola da gamba
All compositions by Roddy Ellias (music) and Sandra Nicholls (words)
Sound recording and mixing - Randy Cole
Mastering - Guy Hebert (Karisma Mastering)
Recorded September 8 and 9, 2021 at MacKay United Church, Ottawa
Cover photo by Jure Kravanja. Graphic Design by Marilee Townsend.
Video by Randy Cole
Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support.
© Roddy Ellias.
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use of this recording is prohibited by law.
"Not This Room" CD and vinyl available at:
roddyellias.com
roddyellias.bandcamp.com

![Hank Knox - Bach Toccata BWV 914
Bach Toccata BWV 914
Hank Knox, clavecin / harpsichord
Canadian Hank Knox has embraced European early music repertoire with a
startling passion. An inventive and novel interpreter, Knox brings new life
to the harpsichord music he cherishes, finding a palpable vitality and
enthusiasm in the old works and offering a new view of them.
Knoxs musical influences are extremely diverse, with a not-so-secret penchant
for musical icon Frank Zappa, and some colorful pursuits that seem utterly
paradoxical to his rigorous Baroque performance practice. It is perhaps
Knoxs iconoclastic streak that enables him to take a fresh approach. The
novelty and independence of his approach allows him to pull new meaning from
the repertoire to make it of our time. We cant help but to think that given
the impossible chance, the composer would be happy to hear a Knox
interpretation.
Clavecin après Dulcken, fait par Richard Kingston, 1982 /
Harpsichord by Richard Kingston, after Dulcken, 1982
Remerciements / Thanks to:
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal
Eoin OCathain
Toccate en mi mineur / Toccata in e minor, BWV 914
[Largo] Un poco allegro
Adagio
Fuga, allegro Hank Knox - Bach Toccata BWV 914](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e1oj2zH1zxI/mqdefault.jpg)



![Joel Miller - Current
Juno Award winner Joel Miller’s latest recording invites the listener to journey back to the saxophonist’s roots - the ‘comfort food’ of his musical journey - pop. Miller reflects on the important role pop music has played in his development, and how Jazz, for him, has wandered away from its original state of a ‘current’ art form.
“Jazz really was a current thing in its heyday… now, it’s not”, Miller suggests. “[Pop music] is kind of like someone’s companion, it helps them deal with things that they’re going through”. Indeed, the driving rock piece “Streamlined” is an homage to Miller’s 14 year old nephew Isaac, an avid skateboarder who died unexpectedly.
Although pop music is sometimes snubbed for being simple, Miller praises its ability to express a powerful range of emotions and ideas. “I think it’s easier for pop music to deal with these subjects because the last thing that they’re thinking about is being ‘correct’”.
With an eclectic group of Montreal musicians, Miller has integrated sounds of bluegrass, rock & roll, folk, and of course Jazz. Featured prominently on the recording is fellow Juno winner vocalist Sienna Dahlen, who’s voice soars above the textures in instrument-like flourishes and lines. But as eclectic as the group is on paper, the music here is still pure and unmistakably Joel Miller. Within seconds, Miller’s choices make perfect sense, and genres are forgotten.
Joel Miller - saxophone & voice
Sienna Dahlen - voice
Kevin Warren - drums
Simon Pagé - bass
François Jalbert - electric guitar
Jordey Tucker - acoutsic and electric guitar
Dave Grott - trombone
David Carbonneau - trumpet
All compositions by Joel Miller
Lyrics for Streamlined by Sienna Dahlen
Recorded at Studio Pierre Marchand and Studio 451, 2014
Engineered by Pascal Shefteshy and Padraig Buttner Schnirer
Streamlined mixed by Joel Miller and Padraig Buttner Schnirer
Flying Dream & Ta Da! mixed by Randy Cole
Video & stills by Randy Cole
Photos of Isaac Miller by Andrew Miller
Isaac Miller 1999-2014
www.joelmillermusic.com Joel Miller - Current](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eSu8Lrgwzi8/mqdefault.jpg)




