Release Info
Eliane Elias Made in Brazil, marks a musical homecoming for the multi-GRAMMY®-nominated pianist/keyboardist/singer/composer. In her three-decade long career as a solo artist, Made in Brazil results from the first time she s recorded a disc in her native Brazil since moving to the United States in 1981. Elias wears many hats on this project as producer, composer, lyricist, arranger, pianist and vocalist. "I am completely immersed and involved in every single detail of the music and the recording process, from the birth of an idea until its completion through every aspect of the production until it reaches the public," she explains. Along with co-producers, Steve Rodby and Marc Johnson, her bass playing musical partner, Elias ventured home and recruited a splendid cast of Brazilian musicians that include electric bassist Marcelo Mariano; guitarists Marcus Teixeira and Roberto Menescal; drummers Edu Ribeiro and Rafael Barata; and percussionists Mauro Refosco and Marivaldo dos Santos. Elias peppered the sessions with delightful special guest performances from Mark Kibble and the multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel vocal group Take 6; her singer/songwriter-daughter Amanda Brecker; one of Brazil's most celebrated R&B stars, Ed Motta; and the distinguished bossa nova composer Roberto Menescal. Elias also invited Rob Mathes to handle orchestral arrangements on seven of the 12 tracks, which were recorded in London at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. It's so touching to hear the music unfold," she says of the orchestral arrangements after they were overdubbed onto the São Paulo sessions. You can see the musical notes on paper, but it s something else to hear them realized and performed by members of the London Symphonic Orchestra. In terms of material, Made in Brazil contains six Elias originals plus two Ary Barroso standards, two Roberto Menescal chestnuts, and two Antônio Carlos Jobim world-renowned gems. Elias, who did all the arrangements for the basic tracks, said that she purposely wanted Made in Brazil to incorporate three generations of Brazilian composers. But it s not a retro record, she clarifies. It's very contemporary yet with the tradition and authenticity of Brazil; it s music of the world with Brazilian DNA.
Releases from Eliane Elias
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Quietude
Year: 2022
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Mirror Mirror
Year: 2021
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Armando's Rhumba
Year: 2021
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Love Stories
Year: 2019
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Music From Man Of La Mancha
Year: 2018
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Dance Of Time
Year: 2017
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Light My Fire
Year: 2011
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Eliane Elias Plays Live
Year: 2009
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Bossa Nova Stories
Year: 2008
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Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans - Something For You
Year: 2008
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Around The City
Year: 2006
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Dreamer
Year: 2004
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Dreamer
Year: 2004
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Brazilian Classics
Year: 2003
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Kissed By Nature
Year: 2002
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The Best Of Eliane Elias Vol. 1 Originals
Year: 2001
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Everything I Love
Year: 2000
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Eliane Elias Sings Jobim
Year: 1998
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The Three Americas
Year: 1997
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Solos And Duets
Year: 1995
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Paulistana
Year: 1993
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Fantasia
Year: 1992
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A Long Story
Year: 1991
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So Far So Close
Year: 1990
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Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
Year: 1989
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Cross Currents
Year: 1988
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Illusions
Year: 1986
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Amanda
Year: 1985
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Llorar Por Ella
by Kany García & Eden Muñoz
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Porque Puedo
by Eladio Carrion
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Get Lit
by Kamasi Washington & George Clinton & D Smoke
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LOVEO
by Daddy Yankee
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empathogen
by WILLOW
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Ajala
by Ezra Collective
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Mr. W
by Wisin
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ADIVINO
by Myke Towers & Bad Bunny
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Bewitched: The Goddess Edition
by Laufey
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Roma
by Luis Fonsi & Laura Pausini
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Funk Generation
by Anitta
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Ride Or Die, Pt. 2
by Sevdaliza & Villano Antillano & Tokischa