This terrific recording by Eliane Elias salutes the 50th anniversary of bossa nova in a number of explicit ways. For one thing, it contains the three most famous tunes by its most famous composer, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. A showcase of Eliane's sensuous Portuguese vocals, Quietude arrives after ...

Brazilian Eliane Elias shows the special insight into bossa nova that comes growing up around the music and playing with its founding fathers, like songwriter Vinicius de Moraes. A reluctant singer ...

Eliane Elias plays City Winery on April 16. When bossa nova first swept the world in 1964, Eliane Elias was four years old in a musically inclined family in Sao Paolo, the perfect place for the music ...

At the bossa nova’s start in the late 1950s, the music was composed largely by male Brazilian sensualists. They sang their love songs at clubs along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach in a whispered ...

Brazilian Eliane Elias shows the special insight into bossa nova that comes growing up around the music and playing with its founding fathers, like songwriter Vinicius de Moraes. Elias enjoys the ...

Eliane Elias, “I Thought About You (A Tribute to Chet Baker)” (Concord Jazz) Brazilian pianist-singer Eliane Elias offers an inspired tribute to cool jazz legend Chet Baker, a major influence on bossa ...

Well into the second half of her 100-minute performance, Brazilian jazz pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias presented the famous song ‘Desafinado’, composed by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim. The ...

With seats ringing the entire stage, SFJazz’s flagship Robert N. Miner Auditorium offers a rare opportunity to experience an artist in 360 degrees. But the most important perspective comes from the ...

Eliane Elias and her team arrived the day before this Tiny Desk to check out the space and audition the piano. We all worked to make sure that every detail, including the sound and cameras, were just ...

I thought I never needed to hear another version of "The Girl from Ipanema." Ever. Herewith my appreciation to Eliane Elias for proving me wrong. Bossa nova turns 50 this year, hearkening back to ...