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Leila Maria
Alternative / Jazz

'IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD...'



Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

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Member Since6/18/2007
Band Website It's exactly where you are!
Band MembersWish I could have the good friends working with me all the time but, unfortunately, it's not always possible!

So here are the musicians in


. Madalena (Ivan Lins/Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza):

Guitar, recording, mixing and programming - Perinho Santana
Keyboards and arrangement - Rodrigo Braga
Bass - José Luiz Maia


. Algumas Imagens da Paixão (Leila Maria):

Guitar, Bass, recording, mixing and programming - Plínio Profeta


. Off Key (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendonça/Gene Lees):

Piano and arrangement - Cristóvão Bastos
Guitar - João Lyra
Acoustic bass - Jorge Helder
Drums - Carlos Bala


. All of You (Cole Porter):

Bass and programming - Dunga
Guitar - Vinícius Rosa
Drums & percussion - Chocolate
Flute - Milton Guedes


. Get Out of Town (Cole Porter)

Keyboards, programming - Wilson Nunes
Conception - Leila Maria


. Moonglow (Eddie DeLange,Irving Mills, Will Hudson)

Clarinet - Paulo Moura
Piano - Cliff Kormann
Bass - Tony Botelho
Drums - Paschoal Meirelles


. Me Deixa Em Paz (Monsueto):

Bass - José Luiz Maia


. A Balada do Mar Salgado (Ed Motta):

Semi-acoustic guitar and voice duet with Leila Maria - Ed Motta
Fender Rhodes - Jota Moraes
Acoustic bass - Alberto Continentino
Drums - Renato "Massa" Calmon
Flugelhorn and melophone - Jessé Sadock Filho
Tenor saxophone - Lelei
Bombardon and trombone - Aldivas Ayres
Brass arrangement - Jessé Sadock Filho & Ed Motta
InfluencesFrom Billie Holiday to Elza Soares, from Beatles to Mutantes, from Janis Joplin to Elis Regina, brazilian music for ever, jazz, some classics from Händel to Wagner, Beatles, Motown music of the 70's and any kind of music that has Heart & Soul...
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1996: Depois de um período trabalhando como cantora convidada da banda que Paulo Moura mantinha, Leila Maria é contratada pelo selo GPA para gravar um CD. Vom Kopf Bis Fuss (Da Cabeça aos Pés) sai no ano seguinte e, bem recebido por público e crítica, apresenta a cantora e também compositora com seu estilo único embalado por arranjos ousados, como o de Get Out of Town (Cole Porter), criado por ela mesma e sustentando letras e melodias sofisticadas como em Algumas Imagens da Paixão, uma de suas sete canções neste álbum.


Leila sempre teve o respeito e o carinho dos músicos com que trabalhou, muitos deles, nomes consagrados de nossa música. Um deles é Ed Motta, cantor, multi- instrumentista, compositor e produtor que a convidou para dividir com ele uma das faixas de seu CD Dwitza (Universal) e a temporada de shows para lançá-lo no Rio, em 2002. Na época, Ed disse em entrevistas que, para ele, Leila “é uma das maiores cantoras vivas do Mundo”.

Seu trabalho em casas tradicionais como Mistura Fina e Modern Sound no Rio, e Bourbon Street e Tom Jazz em São Paulo, acabou chamando a atenção do grande produtor José Milton e em 2003 entram em estúdio para gravar o primoroso CD Off Key (Rob Digital), lançado no ano seguinte.

O CD reúne algumas das mais belas canções brasileiras que, na voz de cantores como Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn e Frank Sinatra, correram o mundo em suas versões para o inglês. Leila recria com classe canções como Dindi e Desafinado num inglês impecável e um molho brasileiro que só uma carioca de Madureira poderia acrescentar. O resultado é um CD irrepreensível por tudo: cantora, músicos e repertório! Atualmente, Off Key está sendo distribuído na Europa pelo selo alemão ZYX Music.

O último álbum é resultado de uma parceria entre a cantora e o jornalista e crítico musical Antonio Carlos Miguel, a quem passamos a palavra:

“Parafraseando Gertrude Stein, ‘uma canção de amor é uma canção de amor é uma canção de amor’. Para qualquer tipo de paixão, sexo, gênero, número, grau... Como as desse disco, que também têm a peculiaridade de estarem conectadas ao universo gay: por suas letras, por terem sido adotadas por esse público ou pela opção de seus autores. Grandes canções que, na voz de Leila Maria, uma das maiores cantoras brasileiras, ganham elegantes roupagens de pop, jazz e sons eletrônicos. E, independentemente do tema, esse é um disco para apaixonados pela grande música. Antonio Carlos Miguel”

Para o álbum Canções do Amor de Iguais (Deckdisc, 2007), o jornalista selecionou de Chico Buarque (Mar e Lua) a k.d. lang (Sexuality), passando por Billy Straihorn e Johnny Alf. A cantora mostra toda a sua competência, interpretando com segurança temas como Lush Life e Iusão à Toa e passeando, brejeira, em canções como Seu Tipo (Eduardo Dusek/L.C. Góes) e Um Certo Alguém (Lulu Santos/Ronaldo Bastos).

Leila Maria está agora reunindo repertório para um novo álbum. Ainda não sabemos quais são as canções, mas já sabemos que serão muito, muito bem cantadas! Aguardamos ansiosos, Leila!


* English:

1996: After a period working as an invited singer of the band that Paulo Moura was maintaining then, she signs with the label GPA to record an album. Vom Kopf Bis Fuss (From Head to Feet) is released in 1997 and, well received by public and critics, the CD introduces the singer and also composer with her unique style and daring arrangements, like in Get Out of Town (Cole Porter), created by herself and elaborated lyrics and sophisticated pop melodies like in Algumas Imagens da Paixão, one of the seven songs she wrote for this album.

The phonographic crisis that, in Brazil, led the great recording companies to sign with artists only for the quantity of sales, not for the quality of the productions, reduced the options for artists like Leila Maria. Still it wasn’t a problem for her and Leila kept on working in the axle Rio/São Paulo, up to securing her name as a great interpreter of the jazzy North American Standards and of the great Brazilian songs.

Leila always had the respect and the sympathy of the musicians with whom she worked, many of them, established names of our music. One of them is Ed Motta, singer, multi - instrumentalist, composer and producer who invited her to share with him one of the songs of his CD Dwitza (Universal), and the season of shows to release it in Rio, in 2002. Then, Ed said in interviews that, for him, Leila is “one of the biggest alive singers in the World”.

Leila's work at important venues as Mistura Fina and Modern Sound in Rio, and Bourbon Street and Tom Jazz in Sao Paulo, got the attention of the great producer José Milton and in 2003 they entered in studio to record the excellent album Off Key (Rob Digital), released in 2004.

The CD gathers some of the most beautiful Brazilian songs that, sung by singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Frank Sinatra, became famous in English versions. Leila recreates with class songs as Dindi and Off Key, in impeccable English and a Brazilian touch that only a native of Rio de Janeiro's suburb of Madureira might add. The result is an irreproachable CD in every way: the singer, the musicians and repertoire! Currently, Off Key is being released in Europe by the German label ZYX Music.

The last album is a result of a partnership between the singer and the journalist and musical critic Antonio Carlos Miguel, to whom we make room now:

“Paraphrasing Gertrude Stein, ‘a song of love is a song of love is a song of love ’. For any type of passion, sex, type, number, degree... Like those in this album, which also have the peculiarity to be connected to the gay universe: because of the lyrics, because of having being adopted by this public or because of the option of the authors. Great songs that, in the voice of Leila Maria, one of the biggest Brazilian singers, gain elegant styles of pop, jazz and electronic sounds. And, independently of the subject, this is an album for lovers of the great music”.

For the album Canções do Amor de Iguais (Deckdisc, 2007), Antonio Miguel selected from Chico Buarque (Mar e Lua) to k.d. lang (Sexuality), as well as Billy Straihorn and Johnny Alf. The singer shows all his competence, singing from Lush Life and Iusão à Toa to pop songs, like Seu Tipo (Eduardo Dusek/L.C. Góes) and Um Certo Alguém (Lulu Santos/Ronaldo Bastos).

Leila Maria is now choosing songs for a new album. We still do not know them, but we already know that they will be very well sung. We're waiting anxiously, Leila!

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Wanny Angerer





Jul 16 2009 3:57 PM

My dear Leila,
Keep singing, keep singing and keep singing to heal and heal others...all my love to you
Peace
Wanny
Wanny Angerer





Jul 16 2009 8:22 AM

My dear Leila,
Sending you some love from India...
What is new in your musical life..?
Thank you for the happiness...your voice gives me.
Wanny
Peace...
Lenna Pablo





Jul 15 2009 3:08 PM

amigaaaaaaaa!
tô chegando no Brasa dia 21 a convinte de um festival de jazz e quero muito saber de vc!!!
se vc estiver no RIo beleza!
seguro a gente vai se ver!
mas se vc estiver en sampa
devo tocar no bourbonstreet em setembro creio...
assim que aguardo que vc possa me dar seu tele atravez de menssagem myspace valeu?
Um beijo e inté linda!!!
Luce





Jul 9 2009 11:09 PM

Olá, querida Leila!
Estava com saudades de ouvir você.
Obrigado pelo "add".
Beijo

Luce
Domi Gulminelli





Jul 9 2009 2:56 PM

Je viens te souhaiter une belle journée Leila!
Et j'en profite pour écouter quelques chansons :-))))
Gros bisous, à bientôt.
Domi
Lenny





Jul 7 2009 2:06 AM

Hi Leila Maria!
I'm here listening to your music and your wonderful voice again. I hope everything is fine with you!
I've just finished my last book which contains stories, hymns and love songs to the Sumerian goddess Inanna. I have discovered that these ancient love songs are the literary background to the Song of Songs in the Bible!

Much love and blessings
Lenny
BRAZILIAN JAZZ POWER





Jul 6 2009 4:13 PM

Michael Jackson (THE KING OF POP)
Homenagem da banda ATTEMPORAIS ao
rei do pop mundial, um verdadeiro "show man" attemporal.
Vídeo feito com fotos que marcam a carreira de um astro na história da música mundial.
Warren Otis Fisher





Jul 6 2009 3:52 PM

my beautiful leila, the intonation you used on the tune "off key" was right on. loved it. and, love you. your sound is fabulous.

warrenO
Peninsula Records





Jul 3 2009 5:03 PM

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Jul 1 2009 5:15 PM

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Domi Gulminelli





Jun 30 2009 4:45 PM

Merci Leila, je suis très touchée par ton si gentil commentaire sur "Les Chevaux Fous".
Tu es une artiste remarquable, et je suis fière d'être de tes amis Myspacien :-)
Très gros bisous, à bientôt.
Domi

MIGUEL





Jun 30 2009 9:30 AM




1984 no hace mucho  beijos fortes
patrick cany





Jun 29 2009 10:16 PM

Hi Leila
All The Best for you
Amitié
Patrick
Javier Bori





Jun 29 2009 9:35 PM

Minha querida Leila... como va todo???

Te mando um grande beijo
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Jun 29 2009 9:21 PM

Grato pelo carinho! Boa Sorte...
wear of time





Jun 29 2009 12:41 AM





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Jun 27 2009 5:19 PM

Leila querida,
Tua interpretação
e voz é tudo de bom!!!
Meus respeitos, irmã!
Tamujuntas!
Gde Bjo de Paz
Marcos Borges





Jun 25 2009 3:51 PM

Obrigado Leila...é sempre bom ouvir um comment vindo de uma profissional como você..

Parabens


Tudo de bom!

Marcos Borges


eva mitala





Jun 22 2009 1:36 PM

salud y ache pa ti mi amiga!!!
MIGUEL





Jun 21 2009 10:48 PM



la conoces?
beijos
Sagrado Coração de Jesus





Jun 21 2009 8:25 PM

Minha querida Leila!

Sua voz é linda juntamente com você!

Sou sua fã!

Um abraço

Domi Gulminelli





Jun 20 2009 3:02 PM

Bonjour Chère Leila :-)
Cette petite visite pour le plaisir d'écouter ta voix.
Je te souhaite un très bon week-end.
Kiss

Domi
Eli





Jun 20 2009 12:52 AM

hello .. how are you?
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