Maysa
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, jazz-soul singer/songwriter Maysa Leak embarked on a singing career at an early age. By the age of six, she had already determined that she was going to be a singer, and she spent her elementary and high school days performing in choir and musical theater productions. Maysa majored in classical voice performance at Morgan State University; during her studies there she began writing and recording original material. She also placed second in Baltimore's first annual Billie Holiday Vocal Jazz Contest and auditioned for Stevie Wonder's vocal group Wonderlove. She was accepted into the group but joined only after she had earned her degree from Morgan State.
Upon graduating, Maysa moved to North Hollywood to perform with Wonderlove on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and appeared in live and televised performances to promote the film. To pay her rent, Maysa also recorded jingles on her days off from performing with Wonderlove and worked at local record shops. In 1991, she was recommended to the British funk-jazz group Incognito by producer Steve Harvey, a mutual friend of Maysa's and of the band's leader, Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick.
Maysa moved to London and joined the band in time to record the 1992 album Scribes, Tribes & Vibes, which included the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing." She also recorded the 1993 album Positivity with Incognito before returning to Baltimore in 1994 to record her first solo album, Maysa. "What About Our Love," the album's single, reached number 52 on Billboard's Hot 100. In 1997, Maysa returned to Incognito and recorded Beneath the Surface. During this time she began collaborating with the neo-blues group Grainger, and appeared on their album Phase 1; she also recorded with Rick Braun, Rachel Z, Rhythm Logic, and Pieces of a Dream. Incognito's No Time Like the Future followed in 1999.
Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, Maysa was remarkably productive as a solo artist and continued to be appreciated more in the U.K. than in the U.S. The varied All My Life (2000), Out of the Blue (2002), and Smooth Sailing (2004) featured an array of sophisticated R&B, lush deep house, and crossover jazz, as well as covers of songs originally recorded by Sly & the Family Stone, Gil Scott-Heron, and Earth, Wind & Fire. In 2006, she began a lengthy association with the Shanachie label. Sweet Classic Soul (2006) and Feel the Fire (2007) were highlighted by reinterpretations of the Stylistics, Luther Vandross, Commodores, and Evelyn King, while Metamorphosis (2008), A Woman in Love (2010), and Motions of Love (2011) were dominated by new songs written by and with the likes of longtime associate Rex Rideout, Will Downing, Ledisi, and Chris Davis. Maysa considered Blue Velvet Soul (2013), her tenth solo album, to be her best work. She followed it with a holiday album, A Very Maysa Christmas (2014), and Back to Love (2015), the latter of which featured Phil Perry and Mint Condition's Stokley Williams. In 2017, Maysa released Love Is a Battlefield, a covers LP that saw her delivering soulful renditions of songs by the Isley Brothers, Luther Vandross, Natalie Cole, and Pat Benatar, among others.
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Festival 66 (Ao Vivo)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Discobertas le 1 déc. 1966
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Maysa Canta Sucessos
Bossa Nova - Paru chez Brazilian as Anything le 15 mars 2019
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I´m a Fool To Want You
Bossa Nova - Paru chez VELOSO le 28 janv. 2019
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Popular Songs
Amérique latine - Paru chez Popular Songs le 4 nov. 2022
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Maysa em Italiano
Bossa Nova - Paru chez Discobertas le 1 avr. 1967
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Maysa Canta Sucessos
Bossa Nova - Paru chez All Time Records le 15 mars 2019
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Bravo! / Ouça
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Som Livre le 19 mai 1975
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Canção Do Amor Mais Triste
Bossa Nova - Paru chez Poppydisc le 15 mars 2019
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Bossa Nova Collection
Bossa Nova - Paru chez Ladies Records le 11 oct. 2019
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The Music of Brazil / Maysa , Vol. 1 / Recordings 1956 - 1958
Brésil - Paru chez Black Round Records le 20 juil. 2009
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Convite para Ouvir Maysa, Vol. 3
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Som Livre le 1 janv. 1958
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Palavras Perdidas - Single
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Som Livre le 1 janv. 1971
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Canção do Amor Mais Triste
Bossa Nova - Paru chez Hits Forever Records le 15 mars 2019
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Open Stage
Amérique latine - Paru chez open reeez regarde le 15 mars 2016
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Be With Me
Amérique latine - Paru chez obligat music le 25 nov. 2015
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Recado à Solidão
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Eminent Legacy Records le 18 sept. 2015
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Maysa (Original Album Plus Bonus Track 1957)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Heartbreak Musik le 13 juil. 2015
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Maysa é Maysa... é Maysa, é Maysa (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1959)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Heartbreak Musik le 13 juil. 2015
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Voltei (Original Album Plus Bonus Track 1960)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Heartbreak Musik le 13 juil. 2015
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Maysa Canta Sucessos (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks, 1960)
Pop - Paru chez Brazilian Classics le 1 janv. 2012
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