Eliane Elias

Brazil

Born: 19 March 1960

Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Jazz, International

Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Latin America, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Brazilian Pop, Brazilian Jazz

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The classical tradition meets the spontaneity of jazz through the virtuosic playing of Brazil-born and New York-based pianist Eliane Elias. A former member of jazz ensemble Steps Ahead, Elias has continued to explore two distinct musical streams through her solo recordings and her performances since the mid-'80s. In 1993, she became one of the few artists to release jazz and classical albums simultaneously. In a review of a concert in her homeland, Brazil magazine praised Elias for "her dazzling right-hand runs, executed often at frightening sp...

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