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Here Is The Best Part - You Have a Jazz Heart
by Mary Foster Conklin
The final August broadcast included new releases from saxophonists Houston Person and Roxy Coss, pianist Eliane Elias, and The Time Flies featuring Monika Herzig, with birthday shout outs to Dorothy Parker, Carolyn Leigh (pictured), Jimmy Rowles, Wayne Shorter, Mimi Fox and Linda May Han Oh, among others. Also a preview of who was playing in NYC that week.Playlist Nora Germain “The Way You Look Tonight" from Go For It (self released) 00:00 John Depalma “Night In the City" ...
Continue ReadingEliane Elias: A Study in Longevity
by Nick Catalano
It must be more than 30 years or so since I went to the Blue Note to review a new vocalist/ pianist/ composer/ teacher who had just arrived from São Paulo with a musical entourage and extended family members. Inordinately glamorous and confidently poised, Eliane Elias sat at the piano playing the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim whose music was still in ascendancy in the U.S. The performance of this lithesome chanteuse who had begun playing as youngster, was enjoyable ...
Continue ReadingEliane Elias: Love Stories
by Jim Worsley
A Grammy-winning Brazilian pianist and songstress with a sultry voice, impeccable phrasing, and romantic flair chooses to take on the many feelings and emotions of love for her next record. That would seem like a natural fit. To say that this is in the wheelhouse of Eliane Elias is to be the master of the obvious. But if you listen intently you will hear just how fervently she dove into the deep end of the pool of love. The love ...
Continue ReadingEliane Elias: For The Love of Jazz
by Jim Worsley
Grammy award winner. Child prodigy. Internationally renowned artist. Sophisticated and improvisational jazz pianist. A vocalist of style and grace. A woman of beauty and integrity. Yes, I am speaking of Brazil's gift to the jazz world, Eliane Elias. To be so fortunate to recently speak with this remarkable woman was a treat and memorable moment in time. We spoke about the past, present, and future. We certainly talked about her superb, and soon to be released, new album. We spoke ...
Continue ReadingEliane Elias: Music from Man Of La Mancha
by Luigi Sforza
Nella storia della musica (per non parlare del cinema, del teatro e delle arti figurative) numerosi sono stati gli omaggi al grande romanzo che racconta le gesta di Alonso Chisciano. Dalla musica classica (il balletto Don Chisciotte di Aloisius Ludwig Minkus) alla canzone d'autore (”Alonso Chisciano” di Ivano Fossati), solo per citare alcuni esempi, molteplici sono i riferimenti a questo monumento letterario. Il jazz, che soprattutto in passato di grandi utopie si è nutrito, finalmente celebra il mito ...
Continue ReadingEliane Elias: Dance of Time
by Jeff Winbush
Two years ago, Eliane Elias released Made In Brazil (Concord, 2015) and all it did was win the 2016 Grammy for Best Latin Album. It's a great album and with Dance of Time, Elias hasn't repeated a successful formula; she's perfected it. This is an opulent recording, rich in its authenticity and lavish in its glorious accomplishments. As Elias has transitioned from a pianist/vocalist to a vocalist/pianist (there is a difference), some fans and certainly some critics have ...
Continue ReadingEliane Elias at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Eliane Elias Dazzle Denver, CO November 19, 2015 Eliane Elias' current album Made in Brazil (Concord Jazz, 2015) is a lush affair. An orchestra provides a luxurious atmosphere on over half the songs. Guest vocalists add further layers and Take 6 contributes its brand of vocal jazz. Guitarists, drummers, percussionists, bass players all chime in throughout; a cast of thousands! Well, maybe not quite that many. In contrast, Elias' performance Thursday evening a ...
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