RODDY ELLIAS TRIO

Guitarist and composer Roddy Ellias began improvising on his grandmother’s piano at the age of six and started playing the guitar at age twelve. His music draws from so many musical in?uences it de?es labels. Roddy has performed with and written music for many internationally acclaimed jazz and classical artists including Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrel, Lonnie Smith, Nat Adderley, Cleo Laine, Pepper Adams, Anne Akiko Meyers, I Musici, the Montreal Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Michel Legrand and many more. His current projects include recordings and performances with Marc Copland and Adrian Vedady, The Roddy Ellias Trio, The Walrus Quartet (with David Occhipinti, Ted Quinlan and Kim Ratcli?e) as well as solo works.

Adrian Vedady (bass)
Thom Gossage (drums)
Roddy Ellias (guitars)