Eliana Pittman

Becoming the stepdaughter of the saxophonist Booker Pittman at 11, Eliana Pittman was profoundly influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist. He was her first music teacher, and some years later she debuted at the Little Club in Beco das Garrafas (Rio). In 1963, she went to Argentina, where she spent a season at the Philips Casino. Upon her return, Eliana recorded with Booker the LP New Sound Brazil Bossa Nova. Invited by Jack Paar to perform on his TV show in New York, Eliana moved to the U.S together with Booker and her mother Ofélia. Hired by the Playboy Clubs, she...