Music CD - Eliane Elias: Dreamer

	Music CD: Dreamer Artist: Eliane Elias List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $7.39 Your Save: $ 6.59 ( 47% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: RCA
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Tracks: 1. Call Me 2. Baubles, Bangles And Beads 3. Photograph (Fotografia) 4. Movin' Me On 5. So Nice (Samba De Verao) 6. That's All 7. Tangerine 8. Dreamer (Vivo Sonhando) 9. Time Alone 10. Doralice 11. A House Is Not A Home
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0828765833523 Label: RCA Manufacturer: RCA Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: RCA Release Date: 2004-05-04 Studio: RCA
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: What can I say that hasn't already been said? Comment: Just add my five-star rating to the bunch and stamp a big "ditto" on this because everything everyone's saying about this album is true. Soft, seductive, soothing. That's this album. Customer Rating: Summary: Don't just sit there. Buy this. Comment: I have seven of her albums and this is her best. This is brilliantly arranged and beautifully accompanied. With Elaine's soft yummy voice and her elegant touch on the keys, she makes an ordinary song extraordinary. I particularly like Call Me, So Nice and That's All, but they are all great. Guys, put this on and you'll have their panties on the lampshade in no time. Enjoy. Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful CD Comment: I saw Elaine in concert and immediately bought this record. Her voice and her piano playing are superb, and these subtle versions of well-known Brasilian music are superb Customer Rating: Summary: Sensuous smooth jazz Comment: Buzz Magazine "Dreamer presents a sensuous blend of strings, singing and deft piano playing....her singing drifts above the melody in a sexy cloud. .... With its many moods and lovely turns, this record is the aural equivalent of a beautiful and graceful woman dancing in the dark." [...] Customer Rating: Summary: Life was meant to hear something like this Comment: lazy sunday afternoons, or in the rush hour after work, there is something that will be soaked by your body and soul, life afterall, is it not to be enjoyed by something beautiful? What a voice, what a piano, what arrengements... and it all there for the taking, this is for your special collection. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: On Dreamer, São Paulo-born, Manhattan-based pianist Eliane Elias performs bossa novas and brush-stroked ballads by North and South American composers from Johnny Mercer to Antonio Carlos Jobim. This project is a sort of musical homecoming for Elias, who once worked with bossa nova pioneer Vinicius de Moraes. Elias's pretty pianisms complement her breathy Portuguese/English contralto, especially on the '60s hit "Call Me," "Photograph (Fotografia)," and "So Nice (Samba de Verão)." Elias's two compositions, "Movin' Me On" and "Time Alone," can be considered smooth-jazz-friendly, but the Bahia bounce of "Doralice"--where Elias quotes Stan Getz's well-known tenor solo--and her instrumental rendering of Burt Bacharach's "A House Is Not a Home" are highlights of this masterpiece of soft syncopation. Rob Mathes's elegant, Claus Ogerman-style string arrangements enhance the mood. --Eugene Holley, Jr.