Artist: Elaine Elias

Eliane Elias is a Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger 

Elias was born in São Paulo, Brazil in1960. 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. 

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. 

In 2001, Calle 54, a documentary film by Spanish director Fernando Trueba, included Elias performing "Samba Triste." In 2002 she recorded The Lost Days with Denyce Graves, for whom she wrote a composition entitled "HaabiaTupi." In 2002, Elias signed with RCA/Bluebird, which issued Kissed by Nature. Dreamer was released in 2004 and received the Gold Disc Award, as well as being voted Best Vocal Album in Japan. It reached No. 3 on the pop charts in France and No. 4 on the Billboard  magazine charts in the U.S. 

Around the City was released by RCA Victor in August 2006. In 2007, Elias released  Something for You, which won Best Vocal Album of the Year and the Gold Disc Award in Japan. Something for You  reached No. 1 on the U.S. jazz charts, No. 8 on  Billboard, and No. 2 on the French jazz charts. In 2008, she recorded Bossa Nova Stories to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bossa nova.