Cross Currents (Eliane Elias album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Cross Currents
| type = studio
| artist = Eliane Elias
| cover = Cross Currents (Eliane Elias album).jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded = March 16–21, 1987 in New York
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Contemporary jazz
| length = 01:02:50
| label = Denon Records, Blue Note
| producer = Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias
| chronology = Eliane Elias
| prev_title = Illusions
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = So Far So Close
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{album reviews
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cross-currents-mw0000200634|title=Eliane Elias -- Cross Currents| publisher=AllMusic.com | first=Scott | last=Yanow | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}
|rev2 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz
|rev3 = Tom Hull
|rev3score = B+({{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}){{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Eliane Elias |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=eliane+elias | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=13 July 2020}}
}}
Cross Currents is the third studio album by Brazilian jazz pianist Eliane Elias.{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Eliane-Elias-Cross-Currents/release/3348617 | title= Eliane Elias – Cross Currents | publisher=discogs.com | accessdate=2015-09-11}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004DKUF12| title= Eliane Elias – Cross Currents | website= Amazon | accessdate=2015-09-11}} The record was released via Denon Records Blue Note label.{{cite book |last1=Yurochko |first1=Bob |title=A Short History of Jazz |date=2001 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780830415953 |page=246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5xPc2jwkNEC&pg=PA246 |accessdate=30 October 2019 |language=en}}
Reception
Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated "Pianist Eliane Elias' second of two Denon CDs recorded before she hooked up with Blue Note is a lesser-known but worthy session. Elias is mostly featured in a trio with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette performing originals, a pair of Charles Mingus compositions ("Peggy's Blue Skylight" and "East Coasting"), "Beautiful Love," "When You Wish Upon a Star" and Bud Powell's "Hallucinations." Elias was quickly developing into a strong modern mainstream pianist. The concluding number ("Coming and Going") was written by her grandmother in 1927 at age 12 and features Elias with Gomez, drummer Peter Erskine, guitarist Barry Finnerty, percussionist Cafe and nine singers (including a few family members). Well worth searching for." A reviewer of Dusty Groove added "Lovely work from Eliane Elias – and exactly the set you should turn to if you ever doubted her chops on the piano! Elias starts with a quick rendition of Bud Powell's "Hallucinations", played with a deftness that Toshiko Akiyoshi would appreciate – and the set then runs into a batch of tunes that includes some charming originals from Eliane – those fully formed numbers that always made her a well-rounded talent right from the start! The blend of sensitivity and swing on the record is really impressive".{{cite web |title=Eliane Elias: Cross Currents |url=https://www.dustygroove.com/item/543708?kwfilter=Eliane+Elias&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&sort_order=artist |publisher=Dusty Groove |accessdate=15 January 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title_width = 400px
| total_length = 01:02:50
| title1 = Hallucinations
| length1 = 3:43
| writer1 = Bud Powell
| title2 = Cross Currents
| length2 = 5:35
| writer2 = Eliane Elias
| title3 = One Side of You
| length3 = 5:13
| writer3 = Eliane Elias
| title4 = East Coasting
| length4 = 6:54
| writer4 = Charles Mingus
| title5 = Coming and Going
| note5 = Vou Alí E Já Volto
| length5 = 3:47
| writer5 = Egle Chiarelli
| title6 = Campari & Soda
| length6 = 5:39
| writer6 = Eliane Elias
| title7 = Beautiful Love
| length7 = 6:54
| writer7 = Egbert Van Alstyne, Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Wayne King
| title8 = Impulsive
| length8 = 4:15
| writer8 = Eliane Elias
| title9 = When You Wish Upon a Star
| length9 = 6:42
| writer9 = Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
}}
Selected personnel
;Band
- Eliane Elias – piano, producing
- Barry Finnerty – acoustic guitar
- Eddie Gómez – bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums (except tracks 2, 5, and 6){{cite web |title=Eliane Elias – Cross Currents |url=https://www.discogs.com/Eliane-Elias-Cross-Currents/release/3348617 |website=Discogs |access-date=23 September 2021}}
- Café – percussion (track 2)
- Peter Erskine – drums (tracks 2, 5, and 6)
;Production
- Malcolm Pollack – recording engineer
- Randy Brecker – producer
- Christine Martin – executive producer
Chart performance
Cross Currents peaked at #1 on the Jazz chart of the Gavin Report.{{Official website|http://elianeelias.com/recordings}}
Notes
- The song "Coming And Going (Vou Alí E Já Volto)" was written by Eliane's grandmother in 1927 when she was 12 years old.
- Eliane Elias plays Steinway & Sons pianos.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://elianeelias.com/recordings}}
- {{YouTube|0FAJyuRs1gc|Cross Currents -- Eliane Elias Trio Recorded Live at the Munich Philharmonie 1991}}
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