Jazz Articles about Eduardo Elia

About Eduardo Elia

Album Review

That a sinewy, hypnotic insistence propels Desvios, Argentinian pianist Eduardo Elia's debut release for 577 Records, is not to be considered a surprise or big leap forward in one creative's ongoing quest for the perfect union of muse and spirit. That a sinewy, hypnotic insistence propels Desvios should be all one needs to hear to determine to thoroughly investigate his complete discography. But only after they have absorbed the richness of Desvios. Recorded at the historic ...

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Eduardo Elia: Una pregunta, tres respuestas

Read "Una pregunta, tres respuestas" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
December 11, 2023

With its dramatic undertow and harmonic tension, “Sobreviviente" steps from the plane into the deep blue sky, free falling from a high dive. It sets the head up very nicely for the hypnotic, human interplay and conceptual artistry that is Una Pregunta, Tres Respuestas, Argentinian pianist Eduardo Elia's latest pursuit into the unchartered. On Una Pregunta, Tres Respuestas (One Question Three Answers) Elia again cross examines the line dividing composition through improvisation and vice versa. It is an ...

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Elia / Dominguez /Verdinelli: Cuando Sea Necesario

Read "Cuando Sea Necesario" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 22, 2019

Argentine pianist Eduardo Elia explored the classic jazz tunes on his 2015 release, Solo (Blue Art Records), making the familiar distinctively his own. He shifts gears for Cuando Sea Necesario, bringing on board saxophonist Rodrigo Dominguez and drummer Sergio Verdinelli, for what sounds like a set of loosely-constructed compositions which leave plenty of room for inspired group improvisations that dig deep into making in-the-moment sounds of the highest order. Two thoughts come to mind on an initial spin ...

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Eduardo Elia: Solo

by Dan McClenaghan
May 27, 2016

Argentinian pianist Eduardo Elia, based now in his homeland, attended Berkelee College of Music in Boston. He has a handful of CD releases as a leader, and beyond that, information on the artist is hard to find. His internet profile is sketchy. So the review is all about the music, and maybe that's how it should be... Solo is Elia's sit down at the piano alone offering, in which he mines mostly 1960s jazz tunes, with ...