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Elizabeth Shepherd, Canadian Treasure

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Posted on January 14, 2018 at 23:10:24
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Wow, just watched her bands set from the Rochester Jazz fest on PBS. Just wow.

Four piece: drums,bass, guitar and she plays keys and sings. The band is tight and she writes all their stuff. All well written. She does a great job on vocals and keys.

The guitar player goes from a pick to finger picking. He gets tones from Rick and blues to Andy Summers or Fripp. Very tasty.

The bass player plays an acoustic four string, not an upright but at first glance you'll think it's an acoustic guitar. It has a great sound and he's a very good player.

The drummer also has a great sound from his kit. He is often understated and the band oft goes from relaxed to high energy within songs. Lots of dynamic range.

Elizabeth is still the driving force. Her vocals are wide ranging in style and as as someone that listens to mostly instrumental music I was pleasantly surprised with every track. One in French, the rest in English. She even riffed a la Flora Purim on one track. Her piano work is great and very tasty. She goes between an acoustic piano and a Roland electric set to sound like a Fender Rhodes.

I can't wait to search her out on YT and elsewhere now. You should too.

Link below has three of the four members with trumpet replacing guitar. The does this tune at The Rochester Jazz fest I saw on PBS.
ET

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

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