Eliane Elias - The Three Americas

Eliane Elias : The Three Americas - Original Release Date: July 1, 1997 - Genre : Jazz
MP3 - 320 Kbps 44800 Mghz Stereo - with covers - 100Megs

Track listing
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1. Up Dawn
2. Time Is Now
3. Caipora
4. Chorango
5. Chega de Saudade
6. Crystal and Lace
7. Brigas, Nunca Mais
8. Introduction to Guarani
9. O Guarani
10. Jungle Journey
11. Missing You
12. Jumping Fox



"Eliane Elias lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, until she was 20 and has lived in New York City ever since.
The 37-year-old jazz pianist has often combined Brazilian bossa nova and North American swing with
appealing results, but now she has added Cuban songo, Argentine tango, and Puerto Rican guaracha for
a broader look at Western Hemisphere music on an album aptly titled "The Three Americas." The disc
fails to capture Latin rhythms at their most fervid, or jazz improvisation at its most ambitious,
but it does combine elements of both into a bouncy, melodic music that should be readily accessible
to almost any listener.

Elias has a light but agile touch at the keyboard, and, if this undermines the percussive aspects of
the instrument, it also assists the fluidity of her harmonic imagination. She accompanies her piano
lines with scat vocals on several numbers, but when she attempts a lead vocal on Antonio Carlos Jobim's
"Brigas Nunca Mais," the results are underwhelming. She's much better off on original instrumentals
such as "The Time Is Now" and "Caipora," where the Cuban and Brazilian rhythms percolated by
percussionists Manolo Badrena and Café create a musical surf that she and flutist Dave Valentin
can ride. Best of all is her stirring tribute to Astor Piazzolla on the tango "Chorango," which features
Gil Goldstein on accordion. --Geoffrey Himes "

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