Eliane Elias – Made In Brazil (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Pianist/singer/songwriter Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive and immediately recognizable musical style which blends her Brazilian roots and her sensuous, alluring voice with her virtuosic instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills.

Made in Brazil marks a musical homecoming for Elias. 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. 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 renowned 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.

Tracklist:
1. Eliane Elias – Brasil (Aquarela Do Brasil) (04:39)
2. Eliane Elias – Você (05:19)
3. Eliane Elias – Águas De Março (Waters Of March) (05:52)
4. Eliane Elias – Searching (04:52)
5. Eliane Elias – Some Enchanted Place (05:02)
6. Eliane Elias – Incendiando (04:50)
7. Eliane Elias – Vida (If Not You) (04:41)
8. Eliane Elias – Este Seu Olhar / Promessas (03:29)
9. Eliane Elias – Driving Ambition (05:29)
10. Eliane Elias – Rio (04:50)
11. Eliane Elias – A Sorte Do Amor (The Luck Of Love) (03:47)
12. Eliane Elias – No Tabuleiro Da Baiana (04:49)

Personnel:
Eliane Elias−vocals, piano, keyboards
Take 6−vocals (3)
Mark Kibble−vocals (3, 6, 9)
Amanda Brecker−vocals (5)
Ed Motta−vocals (7)
Roberto Menescal−vocals (2), guitar (2, 10)
Marcus Teixeira−guitar (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12)
Marcelo Mariano−electric bass (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12)
Edu Ribeiro–drums (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12)
Marc Johnson−acoustic bass (2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11)
Rafael Barata−drums (2, 4, 5, 10)
Mauro Refosco–percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Marivaldo dos Santos−percussion (5, 9)
All songs arranged by Eliane Elias
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Rob Mathes
Background vocals arranged by Mark Kibble (3, 6, 9)