Leny Andrade, a Brazilian singer who helped craft a new genre by fusing the country’s mellow bossa nova sound with jazz influences, including scat improvisations that drew comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald, died July 24 in Rio de Janeiro. She was 80.
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Ms. Andrade possessed a voice that seemed to carry the soul of smoky clubs and late-night jam sessions, a husky mezzo-soprano that could pivot from world-weary to sultry. She also seemed to think decades of smoking gave an added flavor.NPR. “I can sing the sun. I can sing the sea, and the things of art and romance,” she said. “Without romance, there is nothing to do in this life.”Leny de Andrade Lima was born on Jan. 26, 1943, in Rio and raised by her mother and stepfather in a neighborhood that was a hub for samba.
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