Eliana Pittman (born August 14, 1945 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was one of the more soulful singers of early 1970s. The stepdaughter of the jazz saxophonist Booker Pittman, she was deeply influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist, as he was her first music teacher, mentor and partner on some records. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Ipanema beach A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ...

With a distinctive swinging voice and intensity in her style, Pittman was a brilliant scat singer who turned insipid novelty tunes and light pop into definitive, jazz based treatment. His first great hit was Tristeza, recorded in 1966, which gained her instant recognition in South America, though she never had a huge hit like Astrud Gilberto's Garota de Ipanema. During the 60s and 70s, she toured throughout Brazil, Italy, France, Japan, USA, Spain and Venezuela. Scat singing is vocalizing either wordlessly or with nonsense words and syllables (e. ... Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto (born March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian singer best known for her samba and bossa nova music. ... The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) is a well known bossa nova song, and was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s. ...

In 2001, Pittman opened a new tour starting from Rio de Janeiro. Since then, she has been alternating moments of reclusion and some activity as a TV actress. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Selected discography

• Eliana & Booker Pittman - News From Brazil (Odeon/Paradise Masters, Brazil, 1963)
• Eliana Pittman (Odeon/Amazon, Brazil, 1972)
• Quem Vai Querer (RCA, Brazil, 1977)
• Soul Of Brazil - Funk, Soul, & Bossa Grooves 1965 to 1977 (EMI/Odeon, France, late 1970s)

Sources

• Dusty Groove America
• IMDb entry
• Loronix blog spot