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Eliane Elias (Portuguese: [ɛliˈani eˈliəʃ]; born 19 March 1960 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian jazz pianist and singer.

Grammy winning artist and #1 artist on several Jazz and Brazilian music charts, Eliane Elias was born in São Paulo, she started studying piano at age seven, and at age twelve was transcribing solos from jazz masters. By the time she was fifteen, she was teaching piano and improvisation.

Her performing career began in Brazil at age 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.

Her first album was a collaboration with Randy Brecker entitled Amanda in 1984. Shortly after, her solo career began when she signed to Blue Note Records and released the album Illusions in 1987, featuring Steve Gadd and Stanley Clarke. The following year Cross Currents appeared, with Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine. The third solo album, So Far So Close, was produced by Eumir Deodato in 1989. Elias's recordings have garnered praise from critics and have topped the Billboard and jazz radio charts. In 1988 she was voted Best New Talent in the Critics Poll of Jazziz magazine.

In 1993 Elias signed with EMI Classics to record classical pieces, which were released as On the Classical Side. Her album with Herbie Hancock, Solos and Duets (1995), was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Solo Performance. In the 1997 Downbeat Readers Poll, her album The Three Americas was voted Best Jazz Album. She has recorded two albums dedicated to Antonio Carlos Jobim: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim and Eliane Elias Sings Jobim (1988). The latter won Best Vocal Album in Japan and was awarded Best Brazilian Album in the Jazziz Critics Poll.[citation needed]

In 2001, Calle 54, a documentary by Oscar-winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba, featured Elias performing 'Samba Triste' and also received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album. In 2002, she recorded The Lost Days with Denyce Graves, arranging two Brazilian classical pieces and wrote an original composition especially for Graves entitled 'HaabiaTupi'. In 2002, Elias signed with RCA/Bluebird and released Kissed by Nature, an album of mostly original compositions. Dreamer, her second recording for the label was released in 2004 and received the Gold Disc Award, as well as being voted Best Vocal Album in Japan in 2004. It reached No. 3 on the pop charts in France and No. 4 on the Billboard charts in the U.S. Elias' Around the City was released on RCA Victor in August 2006.

She returned to Blue Note/EMI in 2007 with Something for You, which won Best Vocal Album of the Year and the Gold Disc Award in Japan. This is also the third consecutive recording of Elias to receive these awards and her fourth overall. Something for You reached No. 1 on the U.S. Jazz Radio 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.

In 2009, EMI Japan released Eliane Elias Plays Live. Light My Fire (2011) features four compositions written or co-written by Elias and also includes covers by songwriters including Jim Morrison and the Doors, Stevie Wonder and Paul Desmond. In September 2011, her song 'What About the Heart (Bate Bate)' was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Brazilian Song. In 2012, she collaborated with bassist Marc Johnson on the album Swept Away, the Editor's and Critic's choice in 2012 Downbeat and Jazztimes magazines respectively. Her 2013 release, I Thought About You reached No. 1 on U.S. and France Amazon.com, No. 2 on iTunes U.S., France and Brazil, and No. 4 on Billboard Jazz Charts. Her Grammy winning 2015 album, 'Made in Brazil' is followed by her 'Dance of Time' album, which debuted at #1 on two Billboard Charts: Jazz and World Music Charts. Both 'Made in Brazil' and 'Dance of Time' debuted at #1 on iTunes in 7 countries.
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  Song Lyricist Composer Date
1 A House Is Not A Home Burt Bacharach, Hal David    
2 A Ra     2009
3 Aquele Abraco(Provided)     2011
4 Bananeira     2011
5 Blue Room     2013
6 Call Me      
7 Chega De Saudade     2009
8 Day By Day Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston   2009
9 Day In Day Out Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer   2009
10 Desafinado     2009
11 Doralice Antonio Almeida, Dorivall Sen Caymmi    
12 Embraceable You     2013
13 Estate (Summer)     2009
14 Everything Depends On You(Provided)     2013
15 Falsa Baiana     2009
16 Forgetting You      
17 Girl Talk(Provided)     2013
18 Here's Something for You      
19 I Get Along Without You Very Well(Provided)     2013
20 I Thought About You(Provided)     2013
21 I'm Not Alone (Who Loves You?) Will Jennings, Ivan Guimares Lins, Vitor Martins   2009
22 I've Never Been In Love Before(Provided)     2013
23 If You Could See Me Now (Live)      
24 Isto Aqui O Que E (Silver Sandal)(Provided)     2011
25 Just Friends(Provided)     2013
26 Just In Time(Provided)     2013
27 Let's Get Lost(Provided)     2013
28 Light My Fire     2011
29 Little Paradise      
30 Made In Moonlight     2011
31 Minha Saudade     2009
32 Movin' Me On Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson    
33 My Cherie Amour     2011
34 Photograph (Fotografia)      
35 Rosa Morena(Provided)     2011
36 Running      
37 Save Your Love for Me      
38 Stay Cool(Provided)     2011
39 Superwoman Stevie Wonder   2009
40 Take Five(Provided)     2011
41 Tangerine      
42 That Old Feeling(Provided)     2013
43 That's All Alan E. Brandt, Bob Haymes    
44 The Girl From Ipanema Vinicius De Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim   2009
45 The More I See You Mack Gordon, Harry Warren   2009
46 There Will Never Be Another You(Provided)     2013
47 They Can't Take That Away From Me     2009
48 This Can't Be Love(Provided)     2013
49 Time Alone      
50 Toda Menina Baiana     2011
51 Too Marvelous For Words Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting   2009
52 Turn To Me (Samba Maracatu)(Provided)     2011
53 We're So Good      
54 What About The Heart (Bate Bate)(Provided)     2011
55 You Don't What Love Is(Provided)     2013
56 You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me