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1. A Brazilian MPB singer and songwriter
2. A Grammy-nominated American jazz singer
1. Maysa Figueira Monjardim Matarazzo (June 6, 1936, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – January 22, 1977, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress, being one of the first female songwriters of Brazil and one of the precursors of the genre samba-canção. She had great success in the 1950s and 1960s, known especially for her pessimistic, hopeless, melancholic and dramatic lyrics and interpretations, very characteristic of her image and career. She is also associated with bossa nova music, but is widely known as a torch song (música de fossa) interpreter.
Maysa's grandfather was Alfeu Adolfo Monjardim de Andrade e Almeida, the 1st Baron of Monjardim, and wife Laurinda Luísa Pinto Pereira. Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba song, which later became a hit from her first album. She married André Matarazzo Filho, a member of a wealthy and traditional São Paulo family in 1954 at the age of 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim. Jayme would later be known as a television director. In the late 1950s she formed a successful bossa nova group and also did television work relying on her magnificent pair of gorgeous green eyes.
Her tour to Buenos Aires first projected bossa nova beyond Brazil's borders but was not without controversy. The tour was a great success and extended to Chile and Uruguay, but Maysa had an affair with the show's producer, Ronaldo Bôscoli, a journalist and composer linked romantically to bossa nova's muse Nara Leão. This led not only to a break between Nara and Ronaldo, but also to a fracture in the bossa nova movement. Nara supported Carlos Lyra's nationalist vertent of the bossa nova movement, to the detriment of Boscoli's more orthodox approach, emphasizing form rather than content in bossa nova compositions. Nara also began courting older composers of traditional sambas, such as morro composers Zé Kéti and Cartola. She also became an idol of the protest song genre against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Nara's pocket show "Opinião" marked the start of a series of protest musical shows, which both in Rio and São Paulo distracted the public from the main themes of "the love, the smile and the flower", typical of the bossa nova years. So Maysa became "persona non grata" both to the bossa-novistas and the protest singers and her career faltered. She reacted by marrying Spaniard music producer Miguel Anzana, with whom she moved to Spain and began a series of presentations not only in Spain, but also Portugal, Italy and France.
Her personal life, already tumultuous, became even more chaotic leading to her being called "the Janis Joplin of Bossa Nova". But she later made a come back with one of the first notable shows in Rio's "Canecão" venue, the equivalent of Carnegie Hall in NYC. Maysa also played the Olympia in Paris to a full house twice and enjoyed considerable success in Europe. She is still considered the best Brazilian "torch song" (fossa) musician, rivaled only perhaps by Nora Ney as interpreter and Dolores Duran as composer. Upon her return to Brazil, Maysa continued to blend her old unique "broken love affair" trademarks with the more current festival style and occasional bossa nova hits. In the 1970s Maysa tapped her actress side and acted on a few telenovelas in Brazil. She also composed the soundtrack for a Rede Globo telenova just as the TV network became the powerhouse of Brazilian soap operas. She appeared more in peace with herself in latter years but died in a car crash in 1977, on the Rio-Niterói bridge, which connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói over the Guanabara Bay.
In January 2009, 32 years after her death, a miniseries about her life was broadcast on Brazilian television and spanned two new books about one of Brazil's most charismatic divas. Maysa's style influenced the following generations of Brazilian female singers and composers, with great ascendancy in the works of Angela Ro Ro, Simone, Cazuza, Leila Pinheiro and Fafá de Belém.
2. Maysa Leak (born August 17, 1966) is an American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito.
After receiving her degree from Morgan State University, Maysa headed to Southern California to perform with Stevie Wonder’s female backup group Wonderlove, While with Wonder, Maysa was a vocalist on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and performed on numerous television shows including The Arsenio Hall Show, Oprah and The Tonight Show.
It was during an over-the-telephone audition in the early 90s, that Maysa become a member of the acclaimed British jazz/funk/R&B band Incognito and in 1992 she relocated to London and recorded Tribes, Vibes & Scribes, featuring the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since then, Maysa has appeared on over seven Incognito recordings.
Maysa recorded her self-titled debut in 1995, followed by her second album All My Life in 2000, Out of The Blue in 2002, Smooth Sailing in 2004, Sweet Classic Soul in 2006, and now Feel The Fire, 2007. In 2008, Metamorphosis peaked at No.1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz top 100 chart and no.13 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 2010, "A Woman in Love", Maysa 8th Solo cd debuted at No.1 on the Contemporary Jazz Charts. Maysa's 9th solo album,Motions of Love, released in November 2011, debuted at No. 1 on Billboards Contemporary Jazz Charts and Number 7 on the R&B charts.
Maysa has also collaborated with well-known jazz performers like Gerald Veasley, Rick Braun, Will Downing, Jason Miles' Soul Summit, Rhythm Logic, Jonathan Butler and Pieces of a Dream.
In 2009, Maysa won the very first new Soul Train Award named for the brand's new owners, CENTRIC. The Cenric Award : Soul Approved /Underground.
Maysa Leak was a spokesperson for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a disease that can be fatal to premature babies. She appears in RSV PSA commercials, with her son Jazz, sponsored for the March of Dimes.
In 2013, Maysa received her first Grammy nomination in the "Best Traditional R&B Performance" award category for the song "Quiet Fire" from her album Blue Velvet Soul.
Get out of town
Maysa Lyrics
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Before
It's too late my love
Get out of town
Be good to me please
Why wish me harm
Why not
And be contented
To charm
The birds
Off the trees
Just disappear
I care for you
Much too much
And when you're near
Close to me dear
We touch too much
The thrill
When we meet
Is so bittersweet
That darling
It's getting me down
So on
Your mark get set
Get out of town
In Maysa's song 'Get Out of Town,' she narrates a plea to her beloved to leave before it's too late. Although she loves him dearly, she impores him to go as she can't bear the pain of being close to him. The first stanza is probably the most important as it sets the tone for the rest of the song, with Maysa urging her lover to leave before it's too late. She repeats the phrase, "Get out of town," several times, highlighting the urgency of the situation.
The second stanza is where Maysa makes a request that provides a window into what's happening in the relationship. She asks why her lover would wish her harm, then begs him to retire to a farm and be contented. Maysa emphasizes that she cares for him more than is appropriate, and when they're close, they touch too much- likely intimating that their relationship might be inappropriate for some reason.
In the final stanza, Maysa notes that being near her lover is increasingly a bitter-sweet experience that brings her down. She finishes the song once again pleading for her lover to leave, this time indicating that he needs to get out of town.
Line by Line Meaning
Get out of town
Leave this place immediately
Before
Prior to it being too late
It's too late my love
If you stay any longer, it'll be too late for you
Get out of town
Leave this place immediately
Be good to me please
Be kind in your departure
Why wish me harm
Why bother causing me pain?
Why not
Why not instead
Retire to a farm
Retire to a peaceful countryside living
And be contented
And find happiness in solitude
To charm
To attract and delight
The birds
The chirpy creatures
Off the trees
That reside in the trees
Just disappear
Simply vanish from my life
I care for you
I have affection for you
Much too much
A lot more than necessary
And when you're near
And in your presence
Close to me dear
Being physically closer
We touch too much
We overstep boundaries while being in each other's company
The thrill
The excitement or pleasure
When we meet
When we spend time together
Is so bittersweet
Is both enjoyable and painful
That darling
My dear
It's getting me down
It's making me sad or depressed
So on
Therefore
Your mark get set
Prepare yourself to leave
Get out of town
Leave this place immediately
Contributed by Oliver O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Rodrigo Brombatti
escucharla es maravilloso. Su voz es muy hermosa!
Estúdio Térreo
Maravilhosoooo ! - Minha cantora preferida... Existe essa música só com a parte instrumental, como cantava na minissérie..?
Mauricio Fraga poltronieri
Há 86 anos atrás, em seis de junho de 1936, nascia Maysa no Rio de Janeiro. hoje é seu aniversário.
Brazilian Jazz Singer Pericles Emmanuel
Thank you so much .For Post this marvelous video of the Great Mrs Maysa Matarazzo with so wonderful music and precious photos.Before she became to be an one Matarazzo she was a Monjardim.What a woman,what a voice,Great personality.Mrs Maysa Matarrazzo was the one and only Brazilian singers whom could sing in another languages perfect without an accent.Thank you so much for post this !!
Jose Carlos
Pericles Emmanuel