Love Stories (album) explained

Love Stories
Type:studio
Artist:Eliane Elias
Cover:Love Stories EE album.jpg
Border:yes
Released:August 30, 2019
Studio:Abbey Road Studios
Dissenso Estudios, São Paulo, Brasil; Montauk Studio; Samurai Hotel Studios; Sear Sound
Genre:Jazz
Label:Concord Jazz
Producer:Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby
Chronology:Eliane Elias
Prev Title:Music from Man of La Mancha
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Mirror Mirror
Next Year:2021

Love Stories is a studio album by Brazilian jazz pianist and singer Eliane Elias. The album was released by Concord on August 30, 2019.[1]

Background

The label's site mentions that Love Stories is an orchestral album, demonstrating Elias’ mastery and preeminence as a multifaceted artist—a vocalist, pianist, arranger, composer, lyricist, and producer. The vocal parts are sung almost entirely in English. The album contains three original compositions as well as seven standards, including songs by Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim, of whom Elias is a celebrated interpreter.[2]

Reception

Kerille McDowall of DownBeat awarded the album five stars out of five and wrote, "Elias’ intoxicating vocals emote the ambient calm of a forest after a soft rain; her vibrancy is a force unto itself. With powerful artistry, her naturally prodigious talent is even stronger as the years pass—a feat capable only by the true elites of the music world." Andrew Gilbert of JazzTimes stated "Intimate and sweeping, Love Stories offers a vivifying reminder of the still unplumbed depths of this particular well, and demonstrates how a master of quietude can transform just about any song into a bossa nova vehicle."[3] Derek Ansell writing for Jazz Journal commented, "...a soft-focus Brazilian crooning style with the strings sweeping around her and the occasional snippet of a brass or reed solo."

Personnel[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eliane Elias, Music from Man of La Mancha . Ejazznews . ejazznews.com . 31 May 2018 . April 9, 2018.
  2. Web site: Music from Man of La Mancha - Eliane Elias . . concordmusicgroup.com . 31 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Gilbert . Andrew . Eliane Elias: Love Stories (Concord Jazz) . . 17 October 2019 . 6 September 2019.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/release/14184183-Eliane-Elias-Love-Stories