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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.
Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor
Maysa Lyrics
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Vai ter que sofrer
Vai ter que chorar
Amor assim não é amor
É sonho e ilusão
Pedindo tantas coisas
Que não são do coração
Quem quiser encontrar o amor
Vai ter que chorar
O amor que pede amor
Somente amor há de chegar
Pra gente que acredita
E não se cansa de esperar
Feliz então sorrindo
Minha gente vai cantar
Tristeza vai ter fim
Felicidade vai ficar
Quem quiser encontrar o amor
Vai ter que sofrer
Vai ter que chorar
Maysa's song "Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor" is a poignant ballad about the trials and tribulations of love. The song conveys the idea that finding true love isn't easy and requires a lot of effort and emotional investment. The singer emphasizes that those who want to find love will have to suffer and cry as it is not an easy journey. The love that is required to be found is not just a mere dream or an illusion but something that demands true commitment and devotion from the heart.
The lyrics contain a message of hope and optimism for the listeners, and the singer urges them to keep believing in love and not to give up on their search. The song acknowledges that love is not always rosy and that there will be difficult times along the way, but it emphasizes that with persistence and determination, happiness and fulfillment can be achieved.
Overall, "Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor" is a lyrical masterpiece that conveys the complex and challenging nature of love. The singer's powerful and emotive delivery connects with listeners on a deep level, and the message of hope will resonate with anyone who has ever experienced the highs and lows of romantic relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
Quem quiser encontrar o amor
Anyone who wishes to find love
Vai ter que sofrer
Will have to suffer
Vai ter que chorar
Will have to cry
Amor assim não é amor
Love like this isn't love
É sonho e ilusão
It's just a dream and an illusion
Pedindo tantas coisas
Asking for so many things
Que não são do coração
That aren't from the heart
O amor que pede amor
Love that asks for love
Somente amor há de chegar
Only love will arrive
Pra gente que acredita
For those who believe
E não se cansa de esperar
And never tire of waiting
Feliz então sorrindo
Happily smiling
Minha gente vai cantar
My people will sing
Tristeza vai ter fim
Sadness will come to an end
Felicidade vai ficar
Happiness will remain
Quem quiser encontrar o amor
Anyone who wishes to find love
Vai ter que sofrer
Will have to suffer
Vai ter que chorar
Will have to cry
Writer(s): CARLOS LYRA, GERALDO VANDRE
Contributed by Camden J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
françoise silvestre
Maysa MATARAZZO, tua canção "Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor", foi a minha inspiração por todos os meus 10 poemas, que dediquei à minha inesquecível namorada , Maria Luísa Martins Valente, em Lisboa, em anos já passados ... mas SEMPRE presentes na minha "Alma". Obrigado , grande MAYSA
Ademar Araujo
Isso se dá com vc.porque és um romântico incorrigível assim como eu.
Edson Santos
Maysa sensacional!
Quem acompanha ela é o grande Walter Wanderley e seu conjunto.
Edson/Itaipu-Niterói-RJ - em, 18/12/3014
sergio barros
Coisa mais linda.
marcelo montoto
Maysa: la cantante más expresiva no solo de Brasil sino del Mundo.
Todos los demás fueron su sombra. Nadie le llegó a la suela de los
zapatos.
Fernando Pinzón-Ramírez
De Carlos Lyra e GERALDO VANDRÉ!!!!!!
Eder Rocha
Que lindo adoro a Maysa
Mia L. Bergman
"Quem quiser encontrar o amor,vai ter que sofrer,vai ter que chorar." Triste conselho,mas é a realidade. Eu sempre evitei essa coisa estranha chamada amor,sabe? e acho que sempre vou evitar porque a insegurança me domina e pelo fato de que quando eu me apego a alguém,me apego pra valer e sofro.
Delania Benevides Remigio Remigio
ISSO CHAMA-SE COVARDIA. SE EU TIVESSE CONDIÇÕES DE AMAR, NÃO EVITARIA .
DESCULPE GAROTA.É O QUE PENSO. BOM DIA.
theWARMJET
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