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NARA LEAO NARA 1967
ORIGINAL LP
TROPICALIA BOSSANOVA JAZZ
MONO PHILPS 33rpm
R765023L MADE IN BRAZIL
CONDITION:
COVER: VG++
RECORD: VG+
Nara Lofego Leão (born January 19, 1942 in , , Brazil – died June 7, 1989) was a and (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. Her husband was , director and writer of .
When she was twelve, her father gave her a guitar since he was worried about her being shy. Popular musician and composer Patricio Teixeira and classical guitarist Solon Ayala were her teachers. While still a teenager, she met a number of singers and composers who took part in Bossa Nova's musical revolution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including ,, , , and . By 1963, after singing as an amateur for a few years, she became a professional and toured with.
In the mid-1960s, the institution of in Brazil led her to sing increasingly political lyrics. Her show, Opinião, reflected her political beliefs, and she had largely switched to political music by this point. In 1964 she even spoke against bossa nova as a movement, calling it "alienating." In 1968 she appeared on the album , performing "Lindonéia."
She later left Brazil for and in the 1970s abandoned music to focus on her family. She returned to music later, and when she discovered in 1979 that she had an inoperable , she increased her productivity as much as possible. She died in 1989.
She was known as "the muse of bossa nova."