ELIANE ELIAS

The recent Concord Jazz release, "Made in Brazil," marked a musical homecoming for pianist/singer/songwriter Eliane Elias, the first time she recorded a disc in her native Brazil since moving to the United States in 1981. Known for her distinctive and immediately recognizable musical style which blends her Brazilian roots and sensuous voice with her virtuosic instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills, Elias was the project's producer, composer, lyricist, arranger, pianist and vocalist. 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 including electric bassist Marcelo Mariano; guitarists Marcus Teixeira and Roberto Menescal; drummers Edu Ribeiro and Rafael Barata; and percussionists Mauro Refosco and Marivaldo dos Santos, for the recording.