Leny de Andrade Lima, known professionally as Leny Andrade, was born in

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, on January 26, 1943, and is a Brazilian singer and musician. Both Andrade's first and last names are sometimes misspelled in English as "Lenn", "Leni", and "Adrade". She has had several hits on the Brazilian charts. In 2007 she shared a

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with

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for Best MPB (

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) Album, ''Ao Vivo''. She began her career singing in clubs, lived five years in Mexico, and spent a good part of her life living in the United States and Europe. She studied piano at the

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. She has performed with Paquito D'Rivera, Luiz Eça,

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, and Francis Hime. Andrade's style is a synthesis of samba and

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Reception

She has been described by

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as the "

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of Brazil" and others have compared her to the late Sarah Vaughan. In Europe where she toured, she was the Brazilian First Lady of Jazz, building a huge fan base in the Netherlands and Italy. She recorded the album ''Embraceable You'' in July 1991 at Volendam, the Netherlands. Stephen Holden of ''

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'' wrote of Andrade's performance at Birdland on August 27, 2008, "To describe Ms. Andrade as both the Sarah Vaughan and

of bossa nova only goes so far in evoking a performer whose voice seems to contain the body and soul of

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. You may think you know "

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", the final number in the show's opening medley of Jobim songs. But you haven't really absorbed it until you've heard Ms. Andrade sing it in

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; disgorge might be a better word than sing, since, like everything else she performs, it seems to well up from the center of the earth."

Discography

* ''A Sensacao'' (

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, 1961) * ''A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade'' (

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, 1963) * ''Gemini V'' with Pery Ribeiro (

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, 1965) * ''Estamos Ai'' (Odeon, 1965) * ''Gemini V en Mexico'' with Pery Ribeiro (Odeon, 1966) * ''Leny Andrade'' (RVV, 1968) * ''Gemini Cinco Anos Depois'' with Pery Ribeiro (Odeon, 1972) * ''Alvoroco'' (Odeon, 1973) * ''Leny Andrade'' (Odeon, 1975) * ''Registro'' (CBS, 1979) * ''Leny Andrade'' (Pointer, 1984) * ''Cartola 80 Anos'' (Pan Producoes Artisticas, 1987) * ''Luz Neon'' (Eldorado, 1989) * ''Eu Quero Ver'' (Eldorado, 1990) * ''Bossa Nova'' (Eldorado, 1991) * ''Embraceable You'' ( Timeless, 1991) * ''Nos'' with

(Velas, 1993) * ''Maiden Voyage'' with Fred Hersch ( Chesky, 1994) * ''Coisa Fina'' with

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(Perfil Musical, 1994) * ''Letra & Musica: Antonio Carlos Jobim'' with Cristovao Bastos (Lumiar Discos, 1995) * ''Luz Negra: Nelson Cavaquinho por Leny Andrade'' (Velas, 1995) * ''Bossas Novas'' (Albatroz, 1998) * ''Seja Voce'' (Albatroz, 2001) * ''Canta Altay Veloso'' (Obi Music, 2002) * ''Lua Do Arpoador'' with Romero Lubambo (Biscoito Fino, 2006) * ''Ao Vivo'' (Albatroz, 2012) * ''As Cancoes Do Rei'' (Albatroz, 2013) * ''Iluminados – Leny Andrade sings Ivan Lins & Vítor Martins'' (2014) * ''Alegria De Viver'' with

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( Motema, 2014) * ''Canta Fred Falcao: Bossa Nova'' (Biscoito Fino, 2018) * ''Alma Mia'' (Fina Flor, 2019)

References

External links

*
Leny Andrade
'' in Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popula Brasileira *
Leny Andrade
at Slipcue.com's guide to Brazilian music

NM Music Agency Artist Profile of Leny Andrade {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Leny 1943 births Living people Bossa nova singers 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian jazz composers Brazilian jazz singers Chesky Records artists Latin Grammy Award winners Música Popular Brasileira singers Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Motéma Music artists Timeless Records artists Polydor Records artists CBS Records artists