Leny Andrade
Leny Andrade
Top Songs
| 1 | Fade to Noise, High Resolution Dither | ||
| 2 | Fade to Noise, Flat Dither | ||
| 3 | Fade to Noise, No Dither | ||
| 4 | Mujsic at -30 dB into 20 Bit with High Resolution Dither | ||
| 5 | Mujsic at -30 dB into 16 Bit System |
Albums
Apr 2018 • 12 songs
Mar 2015 • 13 songs
Jan 1985 • 11 songs
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Biography
Renowned for her vocal improvisational skills, Brazilian singer Leny Andrade was widely regarded as "Brazil's one true jazz singer." Her thick, husky mezzo-soprano voice seasoned by decades of smoking and late hours, Andrade sang almost exclusively in Portuguese and offered everything from torrid romantic ballads to world-weary blues and celebratory sambas. Her energetic meld of Brazilian styles and modern jazz, which introduced jazz vocal styles like scat and vocalese into bossa nova, samba, and MPB. marked A Sensação, her 1961 debut, 1965's smash Estamos Ai, and 1968's epony...