Eliane Elias

Eliane Elias (born 19 March 1960) is a Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger.

Biography Eliane Elias was born in São Paulo, Brazil, on 19 March 1960. She started studying piano when she was seven, and at age twelve she was transcribing solos from jazz musicians. She began teaching piano when she was fifteen, and began performing at seventeen with Brazilian singer-songwriter Toquinho and touring with the poet Vinicius de Moraes. At that age, she was also invited to tour with Antônio Carlos Jobim, considered the pioneer of bossa nova music.

In 1981. she moved to New York City, where she attended The Juilliard School of Music. A year later she became part of the group Steps Ahead. In 1993, Elias signed with EMI Classics to record classical pieces, which were released on On the Classical Side.

Her 2019 album Love Stories reached the No. 1 position as Best Seller Amazon.com Latin Jazz, No. 1 Best Seller Amazon.com Brazilian Jazz and No. 2 Best Seller Amazon.com Orchestral.

Her 2021 album Mirror, Mirror, which she recorded with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Personal life Elias is Brazilian, of Lebanese descent.

She was married to American trumpeter Randy Brecker, with whom she has a daughter, the singer/songwriter Amanda Elias Brecker, born in 1984. 2017: Libera Awards Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album Dance of Time 2018: Winner of the Edison Lifetime Achievement Award (Holland) Five times Gold Disc Awards (Japan) 2019: Masterpiece award "Love Stories" (5 stars by DownBeat magazine) 2021: Masterpiece award "Mirror Mirror" (5 stars by DownBeat magazine) 2022: Grammy Award winner for Best Latin Jazz Album, Mirror Mirror 2022: Latin Grammy Award winner for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album, Mirror Mirror 2023: Libera Awards Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album Quietude 2023: Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Album Quietude 2025: Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Jazz AlbumTime and Again

Discography As leader Amanda with Randy Brecker (Passport Jazz, 1985) Illusions (Denon, 1986) Cross Currents (Denon, 1987) So Far So Close (Blue Note, 1989) Eliane Elias Plays Jobim (Blue Note, 1990) A Long Story (Manhattan, 1991) Fantasia (Blue Note, 1992) Paulistana (Blue Note, 1993) On the Classical Side (EMI Classics, 1993) Solos and Duets with Herbie Hancock (Blue Note, 1995) Impulsive! with Bob Brookmeyer & Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (Stunt, 1997) The Three Americas (Blue Note, 1997) Eliane Elias Sings Jobim (Blue Note, 1998) Everything I Love (Blue Note, 2000) Kissed by Nature (Bluebird, 2002) Portrait of Bill Evans (JVC, 2002) [2 tracks] Brazilian Classics (Blue Note, 2003) Dreamer (Bluebird, 2004) Around the City (RCA Victor, 2006) Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans (Blue Note, 2007) Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note, 2008) Eliane Elias Plays Live (Blue Note, 2009) Light My Fire (Concord Picante, 2011) Swept Away with Marc Johnson (ECM, 2012) I Thought About You (Concord Jazz, 2013) Made in Brazil (Concord Jazz, 2015) Dance of Time (Concord Jazz, 2017) Music from Man of La Mancha (Concord Jazz, 2018) Love Stories (Concord Jazz, 2019) Mirror Mirror with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés (Candid, 2021) Quietude (Candid, 2022) Time and Again (Candid, 2024)

With Steps Ahead Steps Ahead (Elektra Musician, 1983) Holding Together (NYC, 2002)

As guest Brecker Brothers, Out of the Loop (GRP, 1994) Urszula Dudziak, Sorrow Is Not Forever...But Love Is (Keytone, 1983) Peter Erskine, Motion Poet (Denon, 1988) Michael Franks, Abandoned Garden (Warner Bros., 1995) Denyce Graves, The Lost Days (BMG, 2002) Joe Henderson, Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Verve, 1995) Toninho Horta, Moonstone (Verve Forecast, 1989) Marc Johnson, Shades of Jade (ECM, 2005) Earl Klugh, Midnight in San Juan (Warner, 1991) Ivo Perelman, Ivo (King, 1989) Andy Summers, World Gone Strange (Private Music, 1991) Toots Thielemans, The Brasil Project (Private Music, 1992) Toots Thielemans, The Brasil Project Vol. 2 (Private Music, 1993) Ornella Vanoni, Ornella &... (CGD, 1986)