Sunfest Presents Kellylee Evans

Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 8:00PM

Doors Open: 7:00PM

Aeolian Performing Arts Center
795 Dundas Street East, London, ON, N5W 2Z6

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Event type: All Ages / Licensed

Vocalist Kellylee Evans’ distinctive sound continues to mature with the release of her latest recording, Nina (2010). This 2011 JUNO-Award winner – and a Sunfest alumnus – also received accolades for her first two albums, Fight or Flight (2006) and The Good Girl (2010), which seamlessly fused jazz and her own unique style of "soul pop". Nina is a beautiful tribute to one of jazz's greatest vocalists and pianists, Nina Simone.

The Ottawa-based singer was approached by the French label “Plus Loin Music,” which had discovered her through her second place win at the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocals Competition. After several years of discussion, they invited her to France in November of 2009, where she spent two days in the studio. "They said I could do whatever I wanted as long as it was standards," Evans recalls. "I had always wanted to do a Nina Simone tribute. She was one of my mom's favourites, and my husband's, and I love her too. So I chose her and they were really gung ho."

Evans' love and respect for the original recordings shines through, but, even in taking on some of Simone's most iconic repertoire, the twelve tracks on the album showcase Kelly's own versatility, creativity and innate musicality. She is reunited with guitarist Marvin Sewell (Jason Moran, Cassandra Wilson), who appeared on her first album, and joined by bassist François Moutin (Moutin Reunion Quartet, Rudresh Mahanthappa), and drummer André Ceccarelli (Dee Dee Bridgewater, Biréli Lagrène).

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