Leny Andrade was a Brazilian singer and musician, born January 25, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She died in 2023. Her music blended Brazilian jazz, bossa nova, samba, Latin jazz, and MPB. Deezer describes her as a Latin and Brazilian jazz vocalist who studied piano at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music and began singing professionally as a teenager.
Important albums include A Sensação, A Arte Maior de Leny Andrade, Estamos Aí, Alvoroço, Registro, Luz Neon, Embraceable You, Nós with Cesar Camargo Mariano, and Ao Vivo. Well-known songs include “Estamos Aí,” “Batida Diferente,” “Influência do Jazz,” “Moça Flor,” “Consolação,” “Vivo Sonhando,” “O Mar e o Amor,” and “Eu Te Amo.” Apple Music lists many of these recordings among her albums and top tracks.
She is known as one of the great voices of Brazilian jazz and bossa nova. The LA Phil describes her as one of the foremost singers of Brazilian jazz and bossa nova, while Apple Music notes that she introduced jazz vocal techniques such as scat and vocalese into bossa nova, samba, and MPB.