Eliana Pittman - News From Brazil - Bossa Nova! '1963; 2020

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Becoming the stepdaughter of the saxophonist Booker Pittman at 11, Eliana
Pittman was profoundly influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist. He
was her first music teacher, and some years later she debuted at the Little Club
in Beco das Garrafas (Rio). In 1963, she went to Argentina, where she spent a
season at the Philips Casino. Upon her return, Eliana recorded with Booker the
LP New Sound Brazil Bossa Nova. Invited by Jack Paar to perform on his TV show
in New York, Eliana moved to the U.S together with Booker and her mother
Ofélia. Hired by the Playboy Clubs, she toured 14 American states, returning
to Brazil in 1965 for a national tour. Her first hit was Tristeza (Niltinho),
recorded in 1966. After a period of depression caused by her stepfathers serious
illness, she returned to music with the LP É Preciso Cantar (loosely Its
Necessary to Sing), performing a show of the same title at the Teatro de Bolso
(Rio). The first time a samba-enredo was a commercial success was when Eliana
recorded O Mundo Encantado de Monteiro Lobato, originally performed by Mangueira
in 1967. From 1968 to 1971, Pittman playing throughout Argentina, Venezuela,
Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, and Spain. In Cannes, France, she was
invited, together with Sacha Distel, to be the official hostess of the MIDEM.
During that period, she worked as an actress in the film Capitães de Areia, a
French production about the life of Jorge Amado. She had another hit in 1972
with Esse Mar é Meu (João Nogueira). Alternating periods of seclusion with
eventual appearances, in 2001 she opened a new season in Rio. ~ Alvaro Neder,
Rovi

Tracklist:
01. Eliana Pittman - Nos E O Mar (Remastered) (3:27)
02. Eliana Pittman - It Dont Mean A Thing (Remastered) (2:22)
03. Eliana Pittman - Amor Sincopado (Remastered) (2:28)
04. Eliana Pittman - Vagamente (Remastered) (2:08)
05. Eliana Pittman - O Barquinho (Remastered) (2:20)
06. Eliana Pittman - O Passarinho (Remastered) (2:46)
07. Eliana Pittman - Balansamba (Remastered) (1:54)
08. Eliana Pittman - Vens So (Remastered) (2:15)
09. Eliana Pittman - Mister Bossa Nova (Remastered) (2:14)
10. Eliana Pittman - Amor No Samba (Remastered) (1:41)
11. Eliana Pittman - Voce Vai (Remastered) (2:22)
12. Eliana Pittman - Festa Na Floresta (Remastered) (2:40)

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