Everything I Love (Eliane Elias album)

Everything I Love
Studio album by
Eliane Elias
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2000
RecordedMay 1999 – June 1999
StudioAvatar, New York City
GenreContemporary Jazz
Length1:02:27
LabelBlue Note 5208272
EMI 520-8272
ProducerEliane Elias, Marc Johnson
Eliane Elias chronology
Eliane Elias Sings Jobim
(1998) 		Everything I Love
(2000) 		Kissed By Nature
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Everything I Love is the fourteenth studio album by Brazilian jazz artist Eliane Elias. The album was released on February 15, 2000, via Blue Note and EMI labels.[4]

Reception

Josef Woodard of Jazz Times wrote "The Brazilian-American pianist has been considering her roots on recent albums, drawing through lines from Brazil to jazz and back. The concept album basis takes a holiday, though, on her latest, Everything I Love. The title is not, in fact, a summation of the aesthetic program, as a sweeping statement of her musical affinities, but just the title song. The album is just an unpretentious and flowingly realized song set, on which the pianist spins off the familiar themes... Periodically, Elias slips into her relaxed phrasing as a vocalist...but her voice, nice as it is, is an adjunct to the main message here: the continuing maturation of an expressive jazz pianist, stretching out, assuredly and artfully, in trio territory."[5]

Jim Santella in his review for All About Jazz commented, "Her light singing voice and light piano touch go hand in hand. Always clear and vibrant, pianist Eliane Elias creates modern mainstream quality every time out. This one is a love letter that she's put together to honor those who have inspired her."[6] A writer of CMJ New Music Report stated, "Everything I Love is a blend of the mainstream, the high-quality artistry that is straight-ahead jazz playing (and occasionally singing) and the spirited, romantic quality that is her hallmark."[7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bowing to Bud"Eliane Elias5:14
2."Nostalgia in Times Square"Charles Mingus4:18
3."The Beat of My Heart"Harold Spina, Johnny Burke2:18
4."I Fall in Love Too Easily"Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn3:51
5."Everything I Love"Cole Porter5:21
6."Introduction #1/ If I Should Lose You"Eliane Elias / Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin7:24
7."They Say It's Wonderful"Irving Berlin3:07
8."I Love You"Cole Porter4:51
9."That's All It Was"Eliane Elias4:39
10."Introduction #2/ Alone Together"Eliane Elias/ Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz7:55
11."Woody 'n' You"Dizzy Gillespie4:05
12."Blah Blah Blah"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin2:45
13."Introduction #3 / Autumn Leaves"Eliane Elias / Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert6:39
Total length:01:02:27

Credits

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Eliane Elias -- Everything I Love". AllMusic.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-14-102327-4. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Eliane Elias – Everything I Love". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ^ Woodard, Josef (May 2000). "Eliane Elias: Everything I Love: Blue Note Records". Jazz Times. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  6. ^ Santella, Jim (April 1, 2000). "Eliane Elias: Everything I Love album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ "ELIANE ELIAS: Everything I Love (Blue Note)". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc.: 35 6 March 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2020.