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Elias says that her sixteen years working with Blue Note were artistically and personally rewarding.
Elias began playing the piano at an early age, immersing herself in the music of her country as well as studying the works of jazz icons and the classical piano literature.
Over the years Elias has received numerous jazz poll awards (including the "Best New Talent" in the 1988 Jazziz poll) and garnered a Grammy nomination for "Best Solo Jazz Performance" (for her 1995 album Solos and Duets with Herbie Hancock, which was described by Musician magazine as "a landmark in piano duo history").
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