Album title: Dance of Time
Artist: Eliane Elias
Genre: Jazz
Nationality: Brazilian
Release date: March 24
Position in Discography: Twenty-Fourth
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.25
I guess you have to have respect for someone who has released two dozen albums and she looks quite young yet, but jazz is not my thing, vocal jazz even less so. We'll see though. Actually, she was born three years before me, so almost in her sixtieth year. Certainly looks good on it. Kicks off very well, sprightly and upbeat and I assume that's her on the piano, which is driving this tune at least. Apparently the dance mentioned in the title is the samba, and you can definitely get that rhythm right from the beginning, the kind of thing that makes even an old graceless clunker like me want to move. There seems to be a mixture of her native language (Portugese?) and English on the songs, so that the second one has lyrics I can understand, not that, in fairness, it really matters. Very smooth stuff.
At times some of this sounds like the incidental or theme music from a 1950s movie, but that's not a criticism, as this kind of thing was very popular back then and so naturally evokes, for me, the probably only arenas in which I would have been exposed to such music, not being a fan. Can definitely though hear this being played onstage as Bond tries to seduce another femme fatale, but though this is really good it's just not for me, and I find myself becoming bored very quickly. I imagine aficionados of the genre will love this, but it just isn't something I'm that interested in listening to.
Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Maybe
Expectation Index: 2