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Maysa Leak
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036-7201
Feb 14, 2018
7:30 PM UTC
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Often the true mark of a great singer is the ability to take a song and transform it into something unique and undeniably believable. Singer Maysa does just that every time she steps to the microphone. Maysa is a true original. Blessed with a remarkably beautiful and instantly recognizable voice, the vocalist possesses the ability to know just where to take a song and what to do to unearth the heart of it and drive it home. Maysa is a singer who is at home in any musical context whether it be jazz, soul, funk or R&B. She is also a first rate composer. It is no wonder why Jazziz Magazine calls her "One of the most identifiable and consistently enjoyable singers on the scene today!" and why The Baltimore Sun calls Maysa "one of the best singers in underground soul." The songbird, who was a member of Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove, has just nabbed a Soul Train Award for "Soul Approved Underground Singer." For Maysa, singing is truly a labor of love.
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Maysa Leak Biography
Two artists have recorded under the name 'Maysa': Maysa Matarazzo, a singer, composer, and actress from Brazil, and Maysa Leak, an American jazz singer.
1. Maysa Matarazzo
Maysa Figueira Monjardim (born June 6, 1936 in São Paulo; died January 22, 1977), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a singer, composer, and actress from Brazil. She is associated with fossa and Bossa nova music.
Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba, which later became a hit from her first album. She married a member of an old-rich family at 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim, who would later be known as a television director. In the late 1950s she formed a successful bossa nova group and also did television work. In the 1970s she acted on a few soap-operas in Brazil and also composed the soundtrack for one. She died in a road accident in 1977. After her death a miniseries about her life appeared on Brazilian television.
2. Maysa Leak
Maysa Leak is a U.S. American jazz singer. She is well known by fans of contemporary jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the band Incognito.
Read More1. Maysa Matarazzo
Maysa Figueira Monjardim (born June 6, 1936 in São Paulo; died January 22, 1977), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a singer, composer, and actress from Brazil. She is associated with fossa and Bossa nova music.
Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba, which later became a hit from her first album. She married a member of an old-rich family at 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim, who would later be known as a television director. In the late 1950s she formed a successful bossa nova group and also did television work. In the 1970s she acted on a few soap-operas in Brazil and also composed the soundtrack for one. She died in a road accident in 1977. After her death a miniseries about her life appeared on Brazilian television.
2. Maysa Leak
Maysa Leak is a U.S. American jazz singer. She is well known by fans of contemporary jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the band Incognito.
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