''Fantasia'' is seventh studio album by Brazilian jazz artist

Eliane Elias Eliane Elias
BrowseBiography.com, 20 November 2011; retrieved 10 September 2014. is a Brazilian

Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical c ...

label. The vocal parts were performed by herself, her daughter Amanda Elias Brecker, and

Ivan Lins Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by ...

. This record is one of her most acclaimed albums;

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gave it 4½ stars out of five.

Reception

Ron Wynn of

wrote "Eliane Elias continues exploring Brazilian music on this latest release, doing both classics such as "The Girl From Ipanema" and a Milton Nasciemento medley, plus several Ivan Lins tunes. She uses alternating bassists and drummers, with Eddie Gomez, Marc Johnson, Jack DeJohnette, and Peter Erskine dividing time, plus Nana Vasconcelos on percussion, with Lins helping out on vocals."

Track listing

Personnel

;Band *Piano, vocals, arrangements Producer – Eliane Elias *Bass –

Eddie Gómez Edgar Gómez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist, known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977. Biography Gómez moved with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. ...

(tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8), Marc Johnson (3, 5) *Drums – Jack DeJohnette (2, 4, 7, 8),

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the dru ...

(3, 5) *Percussion –

Naná Vasconcelos Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician wi ...

(1, 3, 5, 8) *Vocals – Amanda Elias Brecker (3),

(8) ;Production *Producer – Eliane Elias *Recording engineer - James Farber *Mastering - Yoshio Okazaki *Art direction – Kaoru Taku

References

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* {{Authority control 1992 albums Eliane Elias albums Blue Note Records albums