Gracinha Leporace
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Gracinha Leporace | |
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Birth name | Maria da Graça Leporace |
Born | Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | January 20, 1950
Origin | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1965–present |
Associated acts | Brasil '66 |
Gracinha Leporace (born Maria da Graça Leporace; 20 January 1950) is a Brazilian singer who works extensively with her husband Sérgio Mendes and his band.
Leporace was born in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. She has a sister, Marianna Leporace, who is a singer and actress in Brazil.
Leporace has featured regularly in much of her husband's group's releases over the last four decades[date missing] and can be heard as the Portuguese-singing female vocal in the hit "Mas que Nada"[1] (featuring The Black Eyed Peas) from the 2006 album Timeless and in the Baden Powell de Aquino composition "Berimbau/Consolação" from the same album, in which she provides the lead vocal. She has been featured on Sergio Mendes's album Magic, released in 2014. She also appears frequently in concert with Mendes's band as a vocalist.
Along with her work with Mendes, she was a member of the Bossa Nova group Bossa Rio in the early 1970s.
Leporace has two sons with Mendes: Gustavo and Tiago. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California.
Discography[]
- 1968 Gracinha Leporace, Philips
References[]
- ^ Brenner, Leslie (31 May 2006). "Just 'listen to the harmony'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- Last.fm biography of Gracinha Leporace
External links[]
- Photo of Gracinha from a 1967 magazine cover
- Photo of Gracinha from the 2008 Cape Town International Jazz Festival
- Bossa nova singers
- 1949 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Brazilian singers
- 21st-century Brazilian singers
- 20th-century Brazilian women singers
- 21st-century Brazilian women singers
- Brazilian singer stubs