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Eliane Elias - Dreamer




Eliane Elias - Dreamer





Artist: Eliane Elias
Title Of Album: Dreamer
Year Of Release: May 4, 2004
Label: RCA
Genre: Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Piano / Bossa
Bitrate: 320kbps / 44.1Khz / Joint-Stereo
Total Time: 53:27 min
Total Size: 120 MB


On Dreamer, Sao Paulo-born, Manhattan-based pianist Eliane Elias performs bossa novas and brush-stroked ballads by North and South American composers from Johnny Mercer to Antonio Carlos Jobim. This project is a sort of musical homecoming for Elias, who once worked with bossa nova pioneer Vinicius de Moraes. Elias's pretty pianisms complement her breathy Portuguese/English contralto, especially on the '60s hit "Call Me," "Photograph (Fotografia)," and "So Nice (Samba de Verao)." Elias's two compositions, "Movin' Me On" and "Time Alone," can be considered smooth-jazz-friendly, but the Bahia bounce of "Doralice"--where Elias quotes Stan Getz's well-known tenor solo--and her instrumental rendering of Burt Bacharach's "A House Is Not a Home" are highlights of this masterpiece of soft syncopation. Rob Mathes's elegant, Claus Ogerman-style string arrangements enhance the mood. --Eugene Holley, Jr.




01. Call Me
02. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
03. Fotografia
04. Movin' Me On
05. So Nice
06. That's All
07. Tangerine
08. Dreamer - (Portuguese)
09. Time Alone
10. Doralice - (Portuguese)
11. A House Is Not a Home










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