ELIS &
TOMMonday, July 15th at 7:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Zé Luis, Brazilian film composer, saxophonist, flutist,
producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalis$16 Public | $10 Members
Los Angeles, February 1974. Tom Jobim,
the incarnation of Bossa Nova, and Elis Regina,
then Brazil’s most popular singer, met to record what would become one of the
most iconic albums in the history of Brazilian music. Through rare and never
before seen images, “Elis & Tom – It had to be you” is the musical
documentary that tells the story of how the encounter and recording of these
two giant Artists happened. Elis brought her band, who joined Tom Jobim and the
best musicians in LA, arranged by Bill Hitchcock at MGM studios. “Elis and
Tom” reveals the conflicts and joys of a unique moment, in a journey
through time, revealing the intimacy of the creative process and the extraordinary
personalities of these amazing artists.
The recording was captured by a team of filmmakers led by
director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original
footage was kept for 45 years until they were restored and remastered in 2018.
These rare and unpublished images drive this musical documentary. Dramas and
tensions surrounded the recording of the album, to the point that the project
was almost interrupted. In the end, the power of the music took over and led
Elis Regina, Tom Jobim and a group of talented young musicians to record a
masterpiece. (2023, 100 mins)
Zé Luis
Oliveira became famous
in the 1980s performing and recording with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto
Gil, Gal Costa, Tania Maria and Cazuza. In 2015, his
Atelier Music Studio, operational for 19 years, was selected for the Best of
Brooklyn Award in the Music Production category. That same year he was invited
to perform for "The Music Of David Byrne & Talking Heads"
at Carnegie Hall with Bebel Gilberto. In recent years Zé Luis has
been continually active, participating in many film projects, The Watcher:
Behind the Scenes of Manhattan Night (2016), Piercing and Pieces of New
York (2018), Crimes Against the Future and Mama Don’t Make Me
(2019) to name a few. https://www.zeluis.com/
