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1. A Brazilian MPB singer and songwriter
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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.
Mil Flores
Maysa Lyrics
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são flores para nós dois
amores já esqueci
tão longe que os deixei
flores, flores crianças
florescem hoje nossas lembranças
de um amanhã nesta manhã
mil rosas, maria flor
nasceram para nós dois
e encantam o nosso amor
e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois
e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois
flores, flores crianças
florescem hoje nossas lembranças
de um amanhã nesta manhã
manhã de amor
mil rosas, maria flor
nasceram para nós dois
e encantam o nosso amor
e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois
e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois
The lyrics to Maysa's song "Mil Flores" portray a beautiful morning filled with flowers that symbolize the love between two people. The opening line "mil flores nesta manhã" translates to "a thousand flowers this morning," setting the scene for a picturesque moment. The next line "são flores para nós dois" translates to "they are flowers for the two of us," further emphasizing the romantic aspect of the song. The following line "amores já esqueci" translates to "loves that I've forgotten," indicating that the singer has moved on and focuses on the present love between herself and her partner. The final line of this verse "tão longe que os deixei" translates to "so far that I left them," which adds to the idea that the singer has left her past loves behind and is now embracing her current relationship.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "flores, flores crianças" which translates to "flowers, children's flowers." This line not only reinforces the theme of love and romance but also brings a sense of innocence and purity to the song. The line "florescem hoje nossas lembranças de um amanhã nesta manhã" translates to "our memories of tomorrow are blooming this morning," contributing to the optimistic and hopeful nature of the song.
The second verse introduces the image of roses, specifically "mil rosas, maria flor" which translates to "a thousand roses, mary flower." The imagery of roses is common in love songs and represents the passion and intensity of romantic love. The final line of the song "e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois" translates to "and they sing today of the flower that comes next," hinting at the idea that the singer is hopeful for continued love and growth in the relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
mil flores nesta manhã
A thousand flowers blooming this morning
são flores para nós dois
They are flowers for us both
amores já esqueci
I have already forgotten about love
tão longe que os deixei
So far away that I left them behind
flores, flores crianças
Flowers, flowers like children
florescem hoje nossas lembranças
Today our memories are in bloom
de um amanhã nesta manhã
Of a tomorrow in this morning
manhã de amor
Morning of love
mil rosas, maria flor
A thousand roses, Mary flower
nasceram para nós dois
Were born for us both
e encantam o nosso amor
And enchant our love
e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois
And sing today of the flower that comes after
flores, flores crianças
Flowers, flowers like children
florescem hoje nossas lembranças
Today our memories are in bloom
de um amanhã nesta manhã
Of a tomorrow in this morning
manhã de amor
Morning of love
mil rosas, maria flor
A thousand roses, Mary flower
nasceram para nós dois
Were born for us both
e encantam o nosso amor
And enchant our love
e cantam hoje a flor que vem depois
And sing today of the flower that comes after
Contributed by Lucas Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Samuel Machado Filho
O LP saiu em novembro de 1962 e esta bela marcha-rancho de Chico "Fim-de-Noite" Feitosa e Marcos de Vasconcelos, com suporte orquestral de Érlon Chaves, também chegou ao 78 rpm sob número 10475-B, matriz RGO-3147, aliás o último disco de Maysa nesse formato, que já estava na UTI do mercado fonográfico brasileiro.
Eva Graminho
Maysa maravilhosa
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