With over 33 releases, two GRAMMY® Awards, two Latin GRAMMY® Award wins and over ½ billion streams to her credit, Eliane Elias has proven she is a master of the recording studio and the queen of Brazilian Jazz. Now, with the release of her fourth Candid Records release, AO VIVO (translates from Portuguese as “Live”) she captures the unmistakable elegance and exhilarating energy of a world-class artist sharing an authentic, exciting and high-level musical dialogue with a live audience. Recorded at the SFJAZZ Center in 2023, Eliane Elias joins Jesse “Chuy” Varela to talk about this exciting new album on The Sounds of Brazil segment.

Imperial Records, Part 7 - 1955, Part 2. Last week in the first part of 1955, It was alluded to Fats Domino's big crossover breakthrough and in June it happened when "Ain't It A Shame" topped the R&B chart and crossed over to a whopping #10 on the Pop chart. It became the biggest selling R&B record of 1955 and along with Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" helped to usher in Rock n' Roll. Though 1955 was a strong year for Fats, Dave Bartholomew, The Spiders and Imperial's New Orleans roster, the Los Angeles vocal groups were also making a dent with The Barons and The Jewels having a few solid releases. Blues legend Roosevelt Sykes stops by Imperial for a quick few singles, while guitarist Jimmy Nolen gives us a glimpse of his future greatness. We're keeping those records spinning in part seven of the Imperial Records Story.