Wanda Maria Ferreira de Sá (born July 1, 1944) (also Wanda de Sah) is a Brazilian

bossa nova Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ...

singer and

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, active from 1964 to the present day. Her first guitar teacher, when she was 13, was Roberto Menescal. Later, she worked with Sérgio Mendes in his group Brasil '65' and also with Marcos Valle and

Kátya Chamma Kátya Pujals Chamma (born August 19, 1961) is a Brazilian songwriter, singer, poet, writer and cultural producer. Chamma was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal, From the first generation of Brasília's artists, she acted in the main theaters, ...

. Francisco Tenório Júnior and

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played on her debut album ''Vagamente'' in 1965. She was married to songwriter

Edu Lobo Eduardo de Góes "Edu" Lobo (born August 29, 1943) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer. In the 1960s he was part of the bossa nova movement. His compositions include ''Upa Neguinho'' (with Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), ''Pra Dizer Ad ...

from 1969 until 1982. In 2011, she made her first appearance in the United States since 1999, playing with Marcos Valle at Birdland in

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. ''The Wall Street Journal'' described her as "legendary".

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called her "one of Brazil's best-kept musical secrets".

Selected discography

* ''Vagamente (1964)'' * ''Softly! (1965)'' * ''Amazon River (2000)'' * ''Wanda Sá com João Donato (2004)'' * ''Domingo Azul Do Mar (2005)''

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