Eliane Elias - Around the City
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Free Music Notes for Around the City
Free Music Review: Sensational Musical Stimulation
Hit: 5 Stars
This Cd is Excellent! Exhale, where do I begin....
It to me is a journey into the mind & emotion's of a musical genious. It display's level's of expression from happy, to saucy, exciting rythmic sensation, to just plain ole' classic sensual.
I can listen to it from beginning to end, enraptured in complete & utter melodic satisfaction.
At a gathering I had, my guest's were constantly asking me, who is that!!
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It has turned me into a (New) Eliane Elias fan, and
I have since seeked, and discovered more jewels in her lair!
If you enjoy journying into multipul levels of musical expression at it's best, then may I suggest you give this a listen....
Peace,
Cheriee
Free Music Review: Not an absolute bust, but......
Hit: 2 Stars
I bought this CD a year ago; listened to it once and it's been collecting dust since. I've put off writing a review because I have so much respect for Eliane I'm afraid I might hurt her feelings!
Clearly Ms. Elias is one of the most gifted pianist of our time. Listen to her release with Herbie Hancock, and he has to really focus to keep up with her. Her singing is incredibly sensual (check out her performance of 'Dreamer' on youtube). The arc of her career shows one who has shifted over the years, so at some point she would reach a stage that would be 180 degrees from where she began. One reviewer remarked that she is good at everything. However, being good at everything doesn't mean you should try everything. I am personally open to her branching out - as did Hancock. 'Chameleon' was as different from 'Maiden Voyage' as could be - but 'Chameleon' was groundbreaking and of the highest quality. 'Around the City' is not. Too slick, too trendy, too 'Starbucksy'. If she is looking for new fans I'm sure she succeeded, but probably at the cost of some old ones.
Free Music Review: Total waste of money
Hit: 1 Stars
As soon as I listened to this CD while driving to work this morning, I thought "Oh well, I just threw some money down the toilet with this CD".
I have almost every Elias album out there--> seen her many times etc... This is definitely her most boring, bland, perhaps commercial CD out there. It's extremely dissapointing and frankly perplexing to see how such an incredible musician can turn out such boredom.
Free Music Review: Sophisticated smooth jazz
Hit: 4 Stars
Billboard Spotlight Review
August 14, 2006
Eliane Elias - Around The City
Producers: Eliane Elias, Andres Levin, Lester Mendez
RCA Victor
Release date: Aug 22
On "Around The City", pianist Elias assigns the keys a back seat in support of her alluring, sensuous vocals sung in English and Portuguese. The Brazil-born, New York-based Elias has played the singer card before in her 18-album career, but nothing like this outing, where she delivers a spellbinding meld of pop, Brazillian and Latin music with a jazz sensibility. Her pianistic excursions arrive sporadically and deeper into the 13-song collection, including a fine run in "A Vizinha Do Lado". But upfront is where "Around The City" enraptures, beginning with the spirited original "Running", and continuing with a bossa-steeped take on Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and later a sultry swing through Beck's "Tropicalia". Standout track: Elias' jazzy spin on Bob Marley's "Jammin'" with loops, trumpet ornamentation and a piano sprint, all girded to earth with speedy grooves by two drummers.
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Free Music Review: Not As Bad As the Purists Would Have You Believe
Hit: 4 Stars
Having own Elias' 2004 LP "Dreamer", I too was surprised at the musical shift on this LP.
However, the question here is not rather or not it fits the narrow-minded view of jazz purists, but is a good LP? Here the answer is yes.
While the title track & "Oye Como Va" may have to grow on me, the rest of the CD is great. Try listening to "Running" or her version of Bob Marley's "Jamming" without moving your head or getting up to dance.
Elaine is also writing more, as she wrote or co-wrote many of the songs on this disc. She's still showing off her chows as a jazz pianist & there's still lots of brazilian jazz/bossa nova present (& even flamenco-favors with "Slide Show").
Bottom line, the purists should go elsewhere if they want nothing but standards, but the rest of us will enjoy this disc.