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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.
1. A Brazilian MPB singer and s… Read Full Bio ↴There are two artists who use this name:
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.
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Love Comes Easy
Maysa Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Love Comes Easy' by these artists:
Autograph Been drivin' down that Lonely highway for so long Just wai…
Black Oak Arkansas Love, I've given you everything Love, straight from my soul…
Brenden Praise I've tried to hide away the soul in my eyes Since…
Craig T. Cooper You know that I got a couple months out on…
Eloise Laws Lucky me, lucky you, we're a lucky pair Whenever we're toget…
The Stylistics Lucky me, lucky you We're a lucky pair Whenever we're toge…
Thee Sacred Souls Every hour spent with you feels like flying And every once…
Vika & Linda I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Vika and Linda Bull Come, take this trip Watch me fly I know what I'm doing Come…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Maysa:
04-Love won The time is right, you hold me tight And love's got…
A Chuva Parou Dia tão lindo E a chuva parou Estou sorrindo Cantando estou …
A Felicidade Felicidade, deves ser bem infeliz Andas sempre tão sozinha N…
A Mesma Rosa Amarela Você tem quase tudo dela O mesmo perfume A mesma cor A mesma…
A Noite De Nós Dois Deixa que a noite meu bem Seja so de nos dois Vamos…
A Woman in Love A woman in love A woman in love A woman in love A…
Adeus Adeus Palavra tão corriqueira Que disse a semana inteira À a…
Água de Beber De Heideroosjes Fifi De Neandertaler Hij flikt het ieder wee…
All I Do You made my soul a burning fire You're getting to be…
All My Life The morning sun rises once again Another lonely night withou…
Alone At Last Alone at last I thought you never ask Alone at last You kn…
As Mesmas Histórias Sim, eu sei Volto de novo sabendo, quanto errei Volto contan…
Back 2 Love When we first met I was guarded and controlled But hurt from…
Barquinho Dia de luz Festa de sol Um barquinho a deslizar No macio azu…
Be There Be there, be there Be there, be there Be there, be there Da…
Beautiful Dreamer If we could see the world through the eyes of…
Betcha By Golly Wow There's a spark of magic in your eyes Candyland appears each…
Black Heaven Shimmer in my dream, my vision I can't clear Surrender to…
Blue Horizon Finally, we are here On this moonlit island Here in your arm…
Bom Dia Tristeza Bom dia tristeza Que tarde tristeza Você veio hoje me ver J…
Bonita What can I say to you, Bonita? What magic words would…
Bouquet De Izabel Casou Maria, com Zé casou Jogou o bouquet, solteirona Isabel…
Bronzes e Cristais Se alguém contar, pelos dedos, quantas alegrias provou pensa…
Cala Meu Amor Há sua ternura em mim pra te dar Ai, meu amor,…
Canção sem Título Que tristeza havia em mim Nesse mesmo lugar Que saudade eu s…
Canto de Ossanha O homem que diz dou não dá Porque quem dá mesmo…
Canto Livre enquanto espero eu canto se desespero eu canto enquanto vou …
Carinho e Amor Só se ama uma vez Com amor e coração Sem vergonha ou…
Cheiro de Saudade estou louca de saudade de saudade de você estou cheia de…
Chora Tua Tristeza Chora que a tristeza Foge do teu olhar Brincando de esquecer…
Chorou Chorou Mal olhou pra mim... Também chorou... Mal olhou pra mim... T…
Come Dance With Me La, la, la, la, la We′re grooving baby come dance with…
Come Go With Me Come on and go with me Come on over to my…
Conselho Se você me encontrar pelas ruas Não precisa mudar de calçada…
Demais / I've Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin I have got you deep…
Demais / Meu Mundo Caiu / Precisó Aprender a Ser Só Todos acham que eu falo demais E que ando bebendo demais Que…
Depois do Amor Há sua ternura em mim pra te dar Ai, meu amor,…
Dias das Rosas Hoje é o dia das rosas, que enfeitam formosas, amores se uni…
Dindi Céu, tão grande é o céu e bando de nuvens que…
Dois Meninos Como dois meninos que se entendem sem falar. Como dois menin…
Don't Say Goodnight I wanna love you, yeah, yeah Over and over again I wanna…
E Daí Proibiram que eu te amasse Proibiram que eu te visse Proibir…
É Fácil Dizer Adeus E inutil fingir Nao te quero enganar E preciso dizer adeus E…
Errinho A Toa Pensa, não faça, me abraça Que tudo vai passar Amor, não cus…
Eu Durante toda a minha vida Eu sempre busquei por um espaço…
Family Affair It's family affair One child grows up to be Somebody that j…
Felicidade infeliz Felicidade, deves ser bem infeliz Andas sempre tão sozinha N…
Fim de Noite É fim de noite. Nossa estrela foi embora. Seu olhar me diz…
Flower Girl Be my natural, sensual, vibrant, beautiful Colorful, delicat…
Franqueza Você passa por mim e não olha Como coisa que eu…
Friendly Pressure I don't wanna be weak I just wanna be strong Don't wanna…
Get Out of Town Get out of town Before It's too late my love Get out of…
Go Away Little Boy Go away Go away I spend sometime away with my friends To r…
Good Morning Sunrise Good morning sunrise Here my dear let's get lost inside this…
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…
Grateful You are the sun On a cloudy day You are the rainbow After…
Have Sweet Dreams You're the one who has the whole world on your…
Have Yourself A Merry Little Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be li…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be lig…
Head To The Sky Master told me one day I'd find peace in every way, but…
Heavenly Voices My soul is cryin′ out for the magical, mystical land Where…
Higher Love I will wait for a higher love Kind of love from…
Honey Bee Verse 1: You can't imagine the way I feel When we're close…
Hypnotic Love Cause I ain't going nowhere Cause I ain't going nowhere Caus…
I Can't Help It Looking In My Mirror Took Me By Surprise I Can't Help But…
I Don't Want To Lose Your Love You look at me and I can see the feelings…
I Love Paris Smile, like a happy child Feelin` safe in your embrace Shine…
I Put a Spell on You I put a spell on you 'Cause you're mine You better stop…
I Want You Smile, like a happy child Feelin` safe in your embrace Shine…
I'm a Fool to Want You I'm a fool To want you I'm a fool To want you To want A…
I'm In Love Ahh, ahh, ahh Thinking about you, boy (I′ve been thinking a…
If I Forget You I'll never forget you But should I forget you Then let my…
Inside My Dream There's a river in my dreams Flowing endlessly to you There'…
Just in Time Just in time I found you just in time Before you…
La Barca Dicen que la distancia es el olvido Pero yo no concibo…
Let It Go I think I better I think I better let it go I…
Love Me Good The time is right, you hold me tight And love's got…
Love So True You promised me (you promised me) You′d be the one (you'd…
Love Sweet Love I fell asleep last night And I dreamed the night and almost…
Love Theory (Ewww Yeaahhh) Only you plus me Forever how its gona be T…
Love Won The time is right, you hold me tight And love's got…
Marcada Só tu não estás vendo a minha agonia Marcada em meu…
Maysa Sou eu que faço meu cabelo Pago minhas contas E faço minhas…
Meditação Quem acreditou No amor, no sorriso, na flor Então sonhou, so…
Medley: Demais / I've Got You Under My Skin Todos acham que eu falo demais E que ando bebendo demais Que…
Meu Mundo Caiu Meu mundo caiu E me fez ficar assim Você conseguiu E agora d…
Mil Flores mil flores nesta manhã são flores para nós dois amores já es…
Miracle I need a miracle I need a miracle I need a miracle I…
More Than You Know More than you know More than you know It hurts so bad…
Motions Of Love You say you love me with all your mind I would…
Mr. So Damn Fine Mr. So Damn Fine Did you really think you blew my…
Murmúrio Vai nesta canção Meu último adeus Coração Sonha em vão Com …
Ne Me Quitte Pas Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier…
Never Really Ever You ain't never gonna forget about me Oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo…
No meio da noite me sinto perdida no meio da noite da noite tão triste tão tr…
Nós Deixa que a noite meu bem Seja so de nos dois Vamos…
Nós e o Mar Lá se vai mais um dia assim E a vontade que…
O Amor Que Acabou Meu amor Lamento não poder lhe dar amor Meus olhos não mer…
O Barquinho Dia de luz, festa de sol Um barquinho a deslizar no…
Osaka Hmm, Osaka I love you Osaka, thank you (Osaka I love…
Ou A Ouça, vá viver a sua vida com outro bem Hoje…
Ouça Ouça, vá viver a sua vida com outro bem Hoje…
Out Of The Blue Out of the blue into my heart Wasn't expecting you so…
Peace Of Mind What's all the Confusion? You seem So disillusioned Did you…
Pela Rua No ar parado passou um lamento Riscou a noite e desapareceu …
Playing Your Game Baby Do it... um humm... yeah... huh... umm... do it You touch…
Por Causa de Você Ah, você está vendo só do jeito que eu fiquei E…
Pra dizer adeus E inutil fingir Nao te quero enganar E preciso dizer adeus E…
Pressure I don't wanna be weak I just wanna be strong Don't wanna…
Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor Quem quiser encontrar o amor Vai ter que sofrer Vai ter que…
Quiet Fire Feelings that I can't describe Sweep through me Never like t…
Rain Drops I feel alright As long as the sun is bright Soon as…
Raízes Voce pode arranjar outro amor E dizer que voce me esqueceu V…
Ri Ri, podes rir, não faz mal Todo amor afinal Deixa um peito…
Right Here Right Now Hello baby I want you, right here and now Ooh, yeah baby Lo…
Rindo de Mim vejo na luz da cidade tanta ironia tanta falsidade sinto tão…
Scat World Free your mind Free your mind Free your mind Free your mind…
Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Voc Vai sua vida, seu caminho й de paz e amor A…
Segredo Eu e você não conseguimos nos declarar E há mil maneiras de…
Send For Me Smile, like a happy child Feelin` safe in your embrace Shine…
Simpatico (Hey baby) (..kind of cute) (I like the way you think too) …
Simple Life Take me lightly, I am not the way I ought…
Smilin' Walkin′ in the rain I can picture sunny days ahead As I…
Smooth Sailing It′s gonna be alright Hey-hey Smooth sailing For the first …
Só Deus Só Deus, que está no céu Sabe dizer da minha angústia Das…
Solidao Sem amor, sem ninguém Sem saber o meu fim Sou porém bem…
Sophisticated Lover Sophisticated lover Sophisticated lover You are the definiti…
Soul Child Spirit always burning in your soul Running wild When you are…
Spend Some Time Take the time to know my body I think about you…
Spirit At this point of my life I just wanna have fun And…
Suas mãos As suas mãos, onde estão? Onde está o seu carinho? Aonde est…
The Bottle See that black boy over there, runnin' scared His ol&#x…
The End of a Love Affair Yes, I walk A little too fast And I drive A little too…
The Lady in My Life There will be no darkness tonight Baby our love will shine …
Tristeza Chora que a tristeza Foge do teu olhar Brincando de esquecer…
Você e Eu Podem me chamar E me pedir e me rogar E podem mesmo…
Walk Away When we first met, I′d always thought that you would…
What About Our Love What about our love? What about our love? You had me waitin…
What are you doing the rest of your life What are you doing the rest of your life? North and…
What are you doing the rest of your life? What are you doing the rest of your life? North and…
What Can I Do Smile, like a happy child Feelin` safe in your embrace Shine…
When I Fall in Love When I fall in love It will be forever Or I'll never…
When It's Over I never thought that you wouldn′t be here I never thought…
When Your Love Has Gone When you're alone Who cares For starlit skies When you're al…
Willow Weep for Me Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bend your branches d…
Wishing On A Star I'm wishing on a star To follow where you are I'm wishing…
You Are My Starship You are my light, I have to go on Have me…
You Better Go Now You better Go now Because I like you Much Too much You have …
Your Name's Not On The List Girls in the lecture Try to maintain We′re not company And w…
Zoom I may be just a foolish dreamer But I don't care 'Cause…
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