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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.
O Barquinho
Maysa Lyrics
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Um barquinho a deslizar no macio azul do mar
Tudo é verão, amor se faz
Num barquinho pelo mar que desliza sem parar
Sem intenção, nossa canção
Vai saindo deste mar e o sol
Vejo o barco e luz, dias tão azuis
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
E o barquinho a deslizar e a vontade de cantar
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
E o barquinho ao coração deslizando na canção
Tudo isso é paz, tudo isso traz
Uma calma de verão e então
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
E o barquinho a deslizar e a vontade de cantar
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
E o barquinho ao coração deslizando na canção
Tudo isso é paz, tudo isso traz
Uma calma de verão e então
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
In Maysa's song "O Barquinho", the lyrics evoke feelings of summer, love, and peacefulness in a beautiful seaside setting. The song tells the story of a boat gliding smoothly on the blue sea, capturing the essence of a perfect summer day. The lyrics depict the singer's experiences on the boat: feeling the warmth of the sun on her skin, being enchanted by the beauty of the islands in the horizon, and being consumed by the sensation of tranquility that comes with the season. The song also highlights the importance of love, as two people share a romantic moment in the boat, with the sea and the sky providing the perfect backdrop.
The lyrics of "O Barquinho" are beautifully crafted to capture the essence of a perfect summer day at sea. The sun, the sea, and the sky are all depicted in a way that conjures feelings of warm comfort and serenity. The song also paints a picture of two people sharing a beautiful intimate moment together, enjoying the tranquility and romance of their surroundings. Overall, the song is a testament to the beauty and magic of summer and the lasting memories it creates.
Line by Line Meaning
Dia de luz, festa de sol
Today is a bright day, a joyous celebration of the sun
Um barquinho a deslizar no macio azul do mar
A little boat is gliding on the soft blue ocean
Tudo é verão, amor se faz
Everything is summer, love is blooming
Num barquinho pelo mar que desliza sem parar
In a boat that endlessly drifts through the sea
Sem intenção, nossa canção
Without intention, our song
Vai saindo deste mar e o sol
Emerges from this sea and the sun
Vejo o barco e luz, dias tão azuis
I see the boat and light, such blue days
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
As the boat returns from the sea, the sun fades
E o barquinho a deslizar e a vontade de cantar
And the boat keeps gliding as we feel the urge to sing
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
Such blue sky, southern islands
E o barquinho ao coração deslizando na canção
And the boat slides into our hearts with the song
Tudo isso é paz, tudo isso traz
All of this is peace, it brings us tranquility
Uma calma de verão e então
A summer calmness, and then
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
The boat goes on, as the evening falls
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
The boat goes on, as the evening falls
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
The boat goes on, as the evening falls
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Adrian Sepiurca, Luis Rodriguez, Ronaldo Fernando Esquerdo Boscoli, Roberto Menescal
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Sophia

Dia de luz, festa de sol
E o barquinho a deslizar
No macio azul do mar
Tudo é verão, o amor se faz
No barquinho pelo mar
Que desliza sem parar
Sem intenção, nossa canção
Vai saindo desse mar
E o sol
Beija o barco e luz
Dias tão azuis
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
E o barquinho a deslizar
E a vontade de cantar
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
E o barquinho, coração
Deslizando na canção
Tudo isso é paz
Tudo isso traz
Uma calma de verão
E então
O barquinho vai
E a tardinha cai
Fran Q
O Barquinho
by Maysa Matarazzo
Dia de luz, festa de sol
Um barquinho a deslizar no macio azul do mar
Tudo é verão, amor se faz
Num barquinho pelo mar que desliza sem parar
Sem intenção, nossa canção
Vai saindo deste mar e o sol
Vejo o barco e luz, dias tão azuis
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
E o barquinho a deslizar e a vontade de cantar
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
E o barquinho ao coração deslizando na canção
Tudo isso é paz, tudo isso traz
Uma calma de verão e então
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
E o barquinho a deslizar e a vontade de cantar
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
E o barquinho ao coração deslizando na canção
Tudo isso é paz, tudo isso traz
Uma calma de verão e então
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai
Carlos14030
Uma mulher, muito à frente de seu tempo, personalidade forte, talentosa ao extremo. Maysa interpretava com maestria, canções em castelhano, inglês e francês. Incompreendida pelo gênio indomável, mas que deixou um legado, como poucas. Maysa, uma linda para sempre !!
Karen Bressani
Carlos14030 concordo com você , disse tudo!
AUTISTAS BRASIL
Lindooo
AUTISTAS BRASIL
Mulher incrivel belaaa
Paula Soares
Reencarnação de Maysa
Domingos
Só que fazer um clipe assim, devido a temática da música, ela não merecia esse mico. Só que esses gênios da comunicação continuam por aí, agora até o só vivo tem play back....
Sophia

Dia de luz, festa de sol
E o barquinho a deslizar
No macio azul do mar
Tudo é verão, o amor se faz
No barquinho pelo mar
Que desliza sem parar
Sem intenção, nossa canção
Vai saindo desse mar
E o sol
Beija o barco e luz
Dias tão azuis
Volta do mar, desmaia o sol
E o barquinho a deslizar
E a vontade de cantar
Céu tão azul, ilhas do sul
E o barquinho, coração
Deslizando na canção
Tudo isso é paz
Tudo isso traz
Uma calma de verão
E então
O barquinho vai
E a tardinha cai
Robson Rodrigues da Silva
Parabéns pela letra
rachel Almeida
👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
Francisca Vieira
Parabéns