ELIANE ELIAS

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Eliane Elias (eh-lee-AH-neh eh-LEE-ahs) (born March 19, 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian jazz pianist, arranger, vocalist and songwriter.

Elias started with the piano at age seven. She studied at the Free Center of Music Apprenticeship in São Paulo. She joined Brazilian singer/guitarist/songwriter Toquinho and poet/entertainer Vinicius de Moraes when she was 17 years old, with whom she made concert tours for three years, mainly through South America. On a tour in Europe in 1981, she met jazz bassist Eddie Gomez and was encouraged to travel to New York. After moving there, she was invited to join Steps Ahead, and recorded one album with the group in 1983. After leaving Steps Ahead, she worked with trumpet player Randy Brecker, whom she subsequently married. They recorded an album named after their daughter, "Amanda". In 1988 she was elected as "Best New Talent" by the JAZZIZ magazine poll of jazz critics. She has
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ELIANE ELIAS Illusions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Illusions
Latin Jazz 1987
ELIANE ELIAS Cross Currents album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cross Currents
Latin Jazz 1988
ELIANE ELIAS So Far So Close album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
So Far So Close
Latin Jazz 1989
ELIANE ELIAS Eliane Elias Plays Jobim album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
Latin Jazz 1990
ELIANE ELIAS A Long Story album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Long Story
Latin Jazz 1991
ELIANE ELIAS Fantasia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fantasia
Latin Jazz 1992
ELIANE ELIAS Paulistana album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paulistana
Latin Jazz 1993
ELIANE ELIAS On The Classical Side album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
On The Classical Side
Third Stream 1993
ELIANE ELIAS Solos and Duets album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solos and Duets
Post Bop 1995
ELIANE ELIAS The Three Americas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Three Americas
Latin Jazz 1997
ELIANE ELIAS Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer & The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra : Impulsive! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer & The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra : Impulsive!
Progressive Big Band 1997
ELIANE ELIAS Sings Jobim album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings Jobim
Latin Jazz 1998
ELIANE ELIAS Everything I Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Everything I Love
Latin Jazz 2000
ELIANE ELIAS Kissed by Nature album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kissed by Nature
Latin Jazz 2002
ELIANE ELIAS Dreamer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dreamer
Latin Jazz 2004
ELIANE ELIAS Around the City album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Around the City
Latin Jazz 2006
ELIANE ELIAS Something for You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Something for You
Latin Jazz 2007
ELIANE ELIAS Bossa Nova Stories album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bossa Nova Stories
Latin Jazz 2008
ELIANE ELIAS Light My Fire album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Light My Fire
Latin Jazz 2011
ELIANE ELIAS I Thought About You: A Tribute to Chet Baker album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
I Thought About You: A Tribute to Chet Baker
Vocal Jazz 2013
ELIANE ELIAS Made in Brazil album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Made in Brazil
Latin Jazz 2015
ELIANE ELIAS Dance Of Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dance Of Time
Latin Jazz 2017
ELIANE ELIAS Music From Man Of La Mancha album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Music From Man Of La Mancha
Latin Jazz 2018
ELIANE ELIAS Love Stories album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Love Stories
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2019
ELIANE ELIAS Mirror Mirror album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mirror Mirror
Latin Jazz 2021
ELIANE ELIAS Quietude album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Quietude
Bossa Nova 2022
ELIANE ELIAS Time And Again album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Time And Again
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2024

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ELIANE ELIAS Eliane Elias Plays Live album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Eliane Elias Plays Live
Latin Jazz 2009

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ELIANE ELIAS The Best of Eliane Elias, Volume 1: Originals album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Eliane Elias, Volume 1: Originals
Latin Jazz 2001
ELIANE ELIAS Brazilian Classics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brazilian Classics
Latin Jazz 2003

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ELIANE ELIAS Love Stories

Album · 2019 · Pop/Art Song/Folk
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Love Stories shows the much awarded Brazilian artist ELIANE ELIAS (b. 1960) in a mature age. She started her recording career in the mid-80's, at first being primarily a pianist. Quite early on Elias has also proved to be a capable band leader, composer, arranger and producer. As a coolly sensual pianist-vocalist she could be compared to Diana Krall. Many albums in her long career have a more or less distinctive Brazilian identity in the use of Portuguese and bossa nova style. This romantic and relatively American-style album is sung almost entirely in English -- 'Little Boat' is bilingual -- but it has bossa vibes to it.

Eliane Elias co-produced the album with her bass-playing husband Marc Johnson and Steve Rodby who's best known as Pat Metheny's bassist (he's not playing here). Guitars and drums are shared by several musicians. Orchestral arrangements are by Rob Mathes. Eliane's voice is still in a very good shape. Like Krall, she's just effortlessly being herself in an understatement approach that can be much more sensual than a more operatic virtuosity.

'A Man and a Woman' originates from the French 1966 film "Un homme et une femme". 'Baby Come to Me', originally recorded by Patti Austin in 1981, is very enjoyable as a smooth jazz version featuring male backing vocals. Equally cute is Antonio Carlos Jobim's 'Bonita' featuring sparse English vocals.

'Angel Eyes' and 'Come Fly With Me' are maybe best remembered as Frank Sinatra numbers. These versions are jazzier in comparison, especially noteworthy is the luxorious piano solo on the latter. Elias and her husband wrote together three songs for this album. 'The Simplest Things' and 'The View' are romantic jazz ballads easy to enjoy. 'Silence' is even in a slower tempo and puts the lush strings shamelessly in the centre.

To say something negative of this finely produced, amicable album, it surely could try to steer a bit further from the Easy Listening music and keep the piano jazz vitality more vibrant (as it does on some pieces). But if you and your sweetheart are looking for openly romantic music with soft and silky arrangements for your tender moments, this is a perfect choice.

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