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Eliane Elias: Light My Fire
by Bruce Lindsay
In a career that spans around 30 years and over 20 albums, singer and pianist Eliane Elias has come to epitomize a cool, sophisticated jazz sensibility, especially on the bossa nova songs of her native Brazil. On Light My Fire, she set out to extend the range of styles and grooves in her music and, in ...
Mauricio Zottarelli returns to the Blue Note NYC with his Brazilian Jazz/Fusion Quintet
Drummer/composer Mauricio Zottarelli performs with his critically acclaimed group on the world's most prestigious jazz stage On August 6th, the Brazilian drummer and composer Mauricio Zottarelli performs with his group at the prestigious Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. The band will be presenting his original music as well as some of his inventive ...
Eliane Elias Shows a Captivating Charm to Merge with Monster Musical Talent
Eliane Elias was a fantastic pianist when she came from her native Sao Paulo to New York City in 1981. She's already worked with some of the best Brazilian musicians as a teenager. Her early albums show a pianist with monster chops, but with the ability to display delicate beauty. Passion and emotion. She did a ...
Eliane Elias Still Lighting Fires
Eliane Elias has been recording one great album after another going back to 1986. I remember first hearing about her when she was a member of Steps Ahead and was featured on their self titled classic from 1983. But it wasn't until her first solo recording titled Illusions where I really took notice of her artistry ...
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival: June 25-26, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NYJune 25-26, 2011This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 34th edition of the upstate New York event, featured a great touch when famed jazz impresario George Wein was awarded a star on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame. Wein created the ...
Eliane Elias: New York, NY, June 2, 2011
by Ernest Barteldes
Eliane EliasDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYJune 2, 2011 Pianist/vocalist Eliane Elias opened her set at New York's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, in celebration of Light My Fire (Concord, 2011) with “Ladeira," a Gilberto Gil-penned instrumental samba with a very syncopated drive. The tune was more like a warm-up, where her solid ...
Eliane Elias: Plays Live
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quando un pianista o una pianista (come in questo caso) può sedersi sullo sgabello avendo come partner il bassista Marc Johnson e il batterista Joey Baron, state certi che l'occasione non andrà sprecata. Se poi il bassista è anche il partner nella vita, tanto meglio. La pianista brasiliana Eliane Elias conferma l'assunto precedente in questo bel ...
Magnus Ostrom: Late Night Playing, Humble Playing
by Bruce Lindsay
As the drummer with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) Magnus Öström became one of the most successful European jazz musicians of the last twenty years. Influenced by a range of musics, his percussion style was a key element of the band's distinctive sound, while the Trio's success over the 15 years of its existence brought it ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Eliane Elias
All About Jazz is celebrating Eliane Elias' birthday today! Eliane EliasPianist / singer / songwriter, Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive and immediately recognizable musical style which blends her Brazilian roots, her sensuous, alluring voice with her impressive instrumental jazz... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Eliane ...
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Announces Star-Studded 2011 Lineup
Saratoga Springs, NY (February 10, 2011)—The Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest-running jazz events in the world, marks its 34th year at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 25 and 26, with a dynamic lineup of more than 20 acclaimed artists and ensembles on two stages. Highlights include festival debuts by Michael ...
