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Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz

Brazilian pianist, composer, and vocalist Eliane Elias is a renowned artist in her home country and in the American jazz scene. Hear her first Piano Jazz performance from 1988.

Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz

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Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz

She plays and sings a previously unreleased Evans tune, "Here Is Something for You," for which she has written a lyric, and host Marian McPartland gives her own Evans tribute on "B Minor Waltz."

Eliane Elias In The Studio

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Holiday Music

A Jazz Piano Christmas 2008

NPR presents an annual holiday tradition — with a Latin twist this year. Pianists Arturo O'Farrill, Eliane Elias, Rebeca Mauleon, Angel Echevarria and Ellis Marsalis visit the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for jazz improvisations on holiday classics.

Listen Now: A Jazz Piano Christmas, 2008

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Concerts

Kenny Barron And Eliane Elias In Concert

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With others and alone, pianist Kenny Barron has a relaxed style that belies his ability to stir up a holy storm at the keys. Most significantly, he spent four years with Dizzy Gillespie in the '60s, leading to work with Freddie Hubbard and Yusef Lateef before he co-founded Sphere. Hear a concert from JazzSet.

Kenny Barron And Eliane Elias In Concert

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