Jazz Articles about Elis Regina

Elis Regina: Live in Montreux

by William Grim
November 25, 2002

Leila Pinheiro and Joyce are better musicians; Gal Costa is better looking; and Luciana Souza has a more distinctive style--but in last half century of Brazilian popular music, there has been no singer who could compare with the ineffable qualities that made Elis Regina a legend in her own time.

Live in Montreux documents of Elis Regina's performance at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival, accompanied by a band led by her husband, the legendary Brazilian pianist Cesar Camargo ...