Velvety-voiced pianist Elizabeth Shepherd arrived on the international scene in 2006 when her debut album Start To Move was voted one of the top jazz albums of the year by the listeners of the influential Gilles Peterson Show on BBC Radio Worldwide. Since then, the Montreal-based soul-jazz innovator has established herself as one of the most alluring and imaginative artists on the scene today. Elizabeth has been hailed as “a jazz virtuoso blessed with a pop sensibility”, praised by critics worldwide for her arrestingly original writing and soulful delivery.
For her 7th album, ‘Three Things‘, Elizabeth Shepherd has created a collection of songs that bring together soulful jazz sounds and synth-based electronica. Created during lockdown, it is an ode to life, joy and resilience, and combines samples, lyrical pop and her trademark brand of soul-jazz alongside a stellar cast of musicians, to bring us her catchiest and most hip work to date. The album drops February 24, and she will be debuting it at the K-W JazzRoom as she launches her cross-Canada release tour.
Here she is with Shine On doing John Lennon’s “Across the Universe”. (We apologize for Gomeshi at the beginning and end, but it is a lovely video….)
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This performance is part of the WOMEN IN JAZZ series, sponsored by DIVA INTERNATIONAL, makers of the Diva Cup.
