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Joy Ellis

Joy Ellis is a jazz pianist, singer and composer based in London and an alumni of Guildhall School of Music & Drama. In March 2022 Joy released her third album with long-time collaborators Henrik Jensen on double bass and drummer Adam Osmianski. Recorded at the end of May 2021 her new material has a relaxed and minimalist vibe in keeping with the album’s title, ‘Peaceful Place’. Moving through the pandemic Joy felt there were no words she could sing to capture the grief and sense of loss that she and other people she knew had experienced. Therefore she decided to compose an album with no vocals at all using her other instrument and first love, the piano

Sea Lady

Label: Self-release
Released: 2023
Track listing: Sea Lady; Just Like a Woman; Little Green: Olha Maria

Peaceful Place

Label: Oti-O
Released: 2022
Track listing: My Peaceful Place; Day of Rest; Eat, Sleep, Repeat; Losing; Silver Linings; Cascade; Begin Again

Joy Ellis: Peaceful Place

by Peter Jones
April 18, 2022

The best piano trios are often those that have played together for many years, a notable example being the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, whose members have collaborated for more than two decades. These musical relationships become telepathic, creating the impression for the listener not of three musicians but of a single entity. Joy Ellis and her trio ...

Dwell

By Joy Ellis

Label: Oti-O Records
Released: 2019

Samba Azul: Samba Azul

by Mackenzie Horne
June 25, 2019

If Brazil had hands, it would grab you and never let you go. It is as much an emotional feeling as it is a location on a map. It is this that inspired drummer Adam Osmianski's 2019 project, Samba Azul, a compilation of beloved Brazilian standards. Osmianksi, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh, ...

Life On Land

By Joy Ellis

Label: F-IRE
Released: 2017