Two sides of pianist / composer / singer Eliane Elias can be heard on this CD. She can be heard as a sweetly voiced interpreter of songs by Johnny Burke like "The beat of my heart" or Irvin Berlin's "They say it's wonderful". In addition, as a post-bop pianist with strong own songs such as "Bowing to Bud", a homage to Bud Powel or "If I should lose you", which came about through a spontaneous studio
… jam session. Originally Brazilian, but living in New York, Elias loves the piano trio as a vehicle for her music. This means that for this album she alternately forms a trio with Marc Johnson (bass) and Jack Dejohnette (drums), and with Christian McBride (bass) and Carl Allen (drums). She sees the piano as a 'direct channel to express her deepest emotions', which is well recorded on this CD! (RM) _more