http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/jazzy-covers-from-eliane-elias/ Pop culture and nothing but. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/jazzy-covers-from-eliane-elias/comment-page-1/#comment-18191 girish Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:48:53 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=431#comment-18191 Ah, among my favorite of contemporary jazz pianists. Her work is quite variable (I haven't heard this new one, but I see what you mean about the smooth jazz feel), and I personally prefer her doing covers/standards. She has a nice light singing voice (A little Astrud-like, I guess, in its weightlessness) but her piano playing is her real strength. She is much more versatile and virtuosic than any one album would have us believe. <em>The Three Americas</em> and the two Jobim tributes are, for me, her strongest records. <em>Dreamer</em> is really accessible, verging on smooth, but I like it a lot too. And her all-too-brief performance in the terrific jazz film <em>Calle 54</em> is really good. Thanks for posting these, Pop View. Ah, among my favorite of contemporary jazz pianists. Her work is quite variable (I haven’t heard this new one, but I see what you mean about the smooth jazz feel), and I personally prefer her doing covers/standards. She has a nice light singing voice (A little Astrud-like, I guess, in its weightlessness) but her piano playing is her real strength. She is much more versatile and virtuosic than any one album would have us believe. The Three Americas and the two Jobim tributes are, for me, her strongest records. Dreamer is really accessible, verging on smooth, but I like it a lot too. And her all-too-brief performance in the terrific jazz film Calle 54 is really good. Thanks for posting these, Pop View.

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