Elis Regina--any opinions?
roy kotani
I'm listening to WAVE, The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook, which has 2
of her tracks, namely Double Rainbow and the title track.
Astrud Gilberto I've heard of but Elis Regina is new to me. Has she
done a lot of recordings? I would appreciate any feedback. Also very
helpful would be where I could purchase her records or tapes or CDs.
Thanks.
Roy
(to reach me by email, remove nospam from address)
Esa Onttonen
royk...@nospamlava.net (roy kotani) writes:
>Astrud Gilberto I've heard of but Elis Regina is new to me. Has she
>done a lot of recordings? I would appreciate any feedback. Also very
>helpful would be where I could purchase her records or tapes or CDs.
She and Antonio Carlos Jobim have recorded one of the best albums
I can think of (in any genre), namely "Elis & Tom" from 1974.
Here's my RECDB data for the album:
Jobim, Antonio Carlos Verve 824 418-2 (CD)
Title: & Elis Regina - Elis & Tom
Recorded: 2/22/1974 - 3/9/1974 at MGM Studios, Los Angeles
Released: 1974
With: Antonio Carlos Jobim (leader), vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, arranger
Elis Regina (leader), vocals
Cesar Camargo Mariano, piano, electric piano, arranger
Helio Delmiro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Oscar Castro-Neves, acoustic guitar
Luizao Maia, bass
Paulo Braga, drums
Bill Hitchcock, conductor
Contents: 1) Aguas De Marco (Antonio Carlos Jobim) ( 03:32)
2) Pois E (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque) ( 01:43)
3) So Tinha De Ser Com Voce (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio ( 03:49)
de Oliveira)
4) Modinha (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) ( 02:16)
5) Triste (Antonio Carlos Jobim) ( 02:39)
6) Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim) ( 03:53)
7) O Que Tinha De Ser (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de ( 01:43)
Moraes)
8) Retrato Em Branco E Preto (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico ( 03:03)
Buarque)
9) Brigas, Nuncas Mais (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de ( 01:39)
Moraes)
10) Por Toda A Minha Vida (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius ( 02:04)
de Moraes)
11) Fotografia (Antonio Carlos Jobim) ( 02:46)
12) Soneto De Separacao (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de ( 02:20)
Moraes)
13) Chovendo Na Roseira (Antonio Carlos Jobim) ( 03:11)
14) Inutil Paisagem (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio de ( 03:08)
Oliveira)
Total: ( 37:46)
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Esa Onttonen (eont...@siba.fi) http://www.siba.fi/~eonttone/
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland Jazz Department
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Elis Regina is generally considered one of the great Brazilian MPB
singers. In addition to "Elis & Tom" (mentioned in another post),
there's an album of hers on the Verve Personalidade series. The series
is an excellent intro to Brazilian music, although generally older
material (mostly 70s). Check out Gal Costa, Maria Bethania, Joyce, et
al. There are some excellent collections available: Canta Brasil
(Verve), Samba/Bossa Nova/Nordeste/Afro Brasil (4 separate CDs, also
Verve), and David Byrne's anthologies on WB (I have Samba! and Beleza
Tropical).
- JRB
roy kotani wrote:
>
> I'm listening to WAVE, The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook, which has 2
> of her tracks, namely Double Rainbow and the title track.
>
> Astrud Gilberto I've heard of but Elis Regina is new to me. Has she
> done a lot of recordings? I would appreciate any feedback. Also very
> helpful would be where I could purchase her records or tapes or CDs.
Hilda Seftor
royk...@nospamlava.net (roy kotani) wrote:
>I'm listening to WAVE, The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook, which has 2
>of her tracks, namely Double Rainbow and the title track.
>Astrud Gilberto I've heard of but Elis Regina is new to me. Has she
>done a lot of recordings? I would appreciate any feedback. Also very
>helpful would be where I could purchase her records or tapes or CDs.
>Thanks.
>Roy
>(to reach me by email, remove nospam from address)
There are two more of Elis Regina's albums that I have in my
collection. One is called "essa mulher" (that woman) and the other is
simply called "Elis" and in it she interprets the music of Milton
Nascimento, Joao Bosco, Tom Jobim, and Belchior.
Unfortunately Elis Regina died on January 19, 1982 when she was only
36 years old. Jobim recalled that she was never into drugs, and
did'nt even drink, and yet the autopsy revealed that she had died as a
result of both cocaine and alcohol in her system. Jobim wrote that she
was one of the greatest singers of all time, and in Brazil they called
her "Furacao", the "hurricane" to celebrate her boundless energy.
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
In article <5jsgvj$2...@mochi.lava.net> royk...@nospamlava.net (roy kotani) writes:
>I'm listening to WAVE, The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook, which has 2
>of her tracks, namely Double Rainbow and the title track.
>
>Astrud Gilberto I've heard of but Elis Regina is new to me. Has she
>done a lot of recordings? I would appreciate any feedback. Also very
>helpful would be where I could purchase her records or tapes or CDs.
Elis was huge in Brazil, and her stuff is not all that hard to find even
in the US. She was a much more accomplished musician than Astrud, not
even in the same league. The collaborations with Jobim are probably the
place to start. You might look in the Jobim bins.
Ronaldo Menezes
Yes. Compare Astrud to Elis is simply unfair (nothing against Astrud),
but Elis is the best we have in Brazil...
- Ronaldo
David Korchin
One of my favorite Elis Regina's recordings is a 1974 PolyGram release
with Jobim called Elis & Tom.
J. Reinschmidt
My all-time favorite ELis album is the one she made with Tom Jobim titled
"Elis & Tom" on Polygram ca. '74 or so. "Superb" does not do justice to
it.
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to have said to a piano player
comping too elaborately behind his solo...
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SDuraybito
Just want to throw in my $.02.
Elis Regina is the original. Her voicing, phrasing and articulation are
as central to modern female Brazilian vocals as Parker was to the sax.
What a gifted musician!!
Siegfried