Maysa Leak
Maysa is one of few Smooth Jazz Artist to remain consistently on top of the… Read Full Bio ↴Maysa is one of few Smooth Jazz Artist to remain consistently on top of the Billboard’s Sales Chart.
Born and raised in Baltimore, MD, Maysa discovered that she wanted to be a musician at six when her parents took her to see the musical Purlie. She recalls, “The moment Melba Moore took the stage an opened her mouth I made my decision that music would be my fate.” A graduate of Morgan State University with a degree in classical performance, Maysa met Stevie Wonder while still a senior in college.
Upon graduating, she moved to North Hollywood to perform with Stevie Wonder’s Wonderlove, with whom she performed with for the next year. While with Wonder, she appeared on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and performed on such television shows as Oprah and The Tonight Show.
In the early 90s, Maysa auditioned over the phone to become a member of the acclaimed British jazz/funk/R&B band Incognito and in 1992 she relocated to London and recorded Tribes & Scribes, featuring the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since then, Maysa has appeared on over seven Incognito recordings including their latest CD, Bees and Things and Flowers.After being "discovered" as a solo artist by Carl Griffin the then VP of A&R at GRP Records,Maysa recorded her self-titled debut in 1995, followed by her solo sophomore effort All My Life in 1999, Out of The Blue in 2002, Smooth Sailing in 2004, Sweet Classic Soul in 2006, and now Feel The Fire, 2007.
Maysa has also collaborated with Rick Braun, Will Downing, Jason Miles' Soul Summit, Rhythm Logic, Jonathan Butler and Pieces of a Dream. And has been produced by George Duke, Rex Rideout, Mike White(Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly),Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick of Incognito, Richard Bull (Acoustic Alchemy).
Born and raised in Baltimore, MD, Maysa discovered that she wanted to be a musician at six when her parents took her to see the musical Purlie. She recalls, “The moment Melba Moore took the stage an opened her mouth I made my decision that music would be my fate.” A graduate of Morgan State University with a degree in classical performance, Maysa met Stevie Wonder while still a senior in college.
Upon graduating, she moved to North Hollywood to perform with Stevie Wonder’s Wonderlove, with whom she performed with for the next year. While with Wonder, she appeared on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and performed on such television shows as Oprah and The Tonight Show.
In the early 90s, Maysa auditioned over the phone to become a member of the acclaimed British jazz/funk/R&B band Incognito and in 1992 she relocated to London and recorded Tribes & Scribes, featuring the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since then, Maysa has appeared on over seven Incognito recordings including their latest CD, Bees and Things and Flowers.After being "discovered" as a solo artist by Carl Griffin the then VP of A&R at GRP Records,Maysa recorded her self-titled debut in 1995, followed by her solo sophomore effort All My Life in 1999, Out of The Blue in 2002, Smooth Sailing in 2004, Sweet Classic Soul in 2006, and now Feel The Fire, 2007.
Maysa has also collaborated with Rick Braun, Will Downing, Jason Miles' Soul Summit, Rhythm Logic, Jonathan Butler and Pieces of a Dream. And has been produced by George Duke, Rex Rideout, Mike White(Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly),Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick of Incognito, Richard Bull (Acoustic Alchemy).
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Maysa Leak Lyrics
Betcha By Golly Wow There's a spark of magic in your eyes Candyland appears…
Blue Horizon Finally, we are here On this moonlit island Here in your a…
Compliments This guarantee soul-filling groove Brought to you comes cou…
Don't Get Any Better Maybe time will tell Maybe time won't lie Maybe time won't n…
Earth Child A divine providence smiled sweetly The day that you were bo…
Friendly Pressure I don't wanna be weak I just wanna be strong Don't wanna…
Goodbye No matter how hard I pray I knew that you would…
Got To Be Strong I can't be afraid, it's mind over matter I can't live…
Head To The Sky Keep your head to the sky Keep your head to the…
Love Won't Let Me Wait The time is right, you hold me tight And love's got…
More Than You Know More than you know More than you know It hurts so bad…
Out of the Blue Out of the blue into my heart Wasn't expecting you so…
Pressure The road is long, many turns along the way We lose…
Simpatico (Hey baby) (.kind of cute) (I like the way you think too) L…
The Bottle See that black boy over there, runnin' scared His ol'…
What About Our Love? What about our love? What about our love? You had me wai…
Wishing on a Star I'm wishing on a star To follow where you are I'm wishing…