Elza Soares
- Type: Vocalist
- Country: Brazil
- Born: June 23, 1930 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died: January 20, 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Active: 1930 - 2022
Biography
Hailed as the "Singer of the Millennium" by the BBC in 1999, Elza Soares was a titan of Brazilian music, renowned for her uniquely raspy, powerful voice and a career spanning over sixty years. Rising from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, she first revolutionized samba in the 1960s by infusing it with jazz scat-singing on albums like 'A Bossa Negra'. Her life was marked by immense personal tragedy and political persecution, yet she continually reinvented herself. In her final years, she experienced a remarkable career resurgence with a trilogy of acclaimed experimental albums, including 'A Mulher do Fim do Mundo', cementing her legacy as an uncompromising and eternally innovative artist.
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Elza Soares Discography
- Se acaso voc锚 chegasse (1960) - Album - rated 3.95/5
- A bossa negra (1961) - Album - rated 3.83/5
- O samba 茅 Elza Soares (1961) - Album - rated 3.48/5
- Sambossa (1963) - Album - rated 3.7/5
- Na roda do samba (1964) - Album - rated 3.44/5
- Um show de Elza (1965) - Album - rated 3.96/5
- Com a bola branca (1966) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Elza Soares (1974) - Album - rated 3.71/5
- A carne (2002) - Single - rated 3.97/5
- Do c贸ccix at茅 o pesco莽o (2002) - Album - rated 3.84/5
- A mulher do fim do mundo (2015) - Album - rated 4.47/5
- Planeta fome (2019) - Album - rated 3.38/5
- No tempo da intoler芒ncia (2023) - Album - rated 3.68/5