Time: 44:30
Size: 101.9 MB
Styles: Brazilian jazz vocals (some Japanese too)
Year: 2013
Art: Front
[3:28] 1. Agua De Beber
[4:16] 2. Chovendo Na Roseira
[3:48] 3. Ainda Bem
[3:05] 4. Garota De Ipanema
[3:51] 5. Wave
[4:01] 6. Nos E Mar
[3:31] 7. Aguas De Marco
[3:08] 8. Corcovado
[3:49] 9. Lemanja
[3:59] 10. As No Kakera
[3:36] 11. Minami No Kini
[3:51] 12. Nada Sousou
Daughter of Betty Max sings and enchants Japan.
Born in Belém do Pará, Brazil, on May 13, 1986 (abolition of slavery, as she does highlight), Keissy Costa came with her parents to Japan in 1993 at the age of 7. Her father, Te Max, was a famous singer in Belém do Pará, and her mother, Betty Max, was known as the Japanese girl from “Calypso”. She was influenced by the family since childhood and started singing professionally since age 9 in restaurants, churches and concert halls. She loved listening to her father play and the meetings with Brazilian friends, and she ended up learning to play guitar and tambourine so she could join them. She also eventually developed the ability to compose, as a natural step.
The music helped her to keep up the language and the Brazilian influence in her life, since she was brought up in the Japanese archipelago, where she attended the Japanese normal school. Determined to live through her music, and through the assistance from a Japanese music agency, the opportunity to return to Brazil happened in 2006, where she attended the Universidade Livre de Música-Tom Jobim, in São Paulo, to develop her musical base. She returned to Japan in 2012, and has maintained a full schedule of performances throughout the country.
Her work has been increasingly developed inspired primarily in names like Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Elis Regina, Monica Salmaso, Joyce, Filó Machado, Marisa Monte, Renato Braz, Sergio Santos, Mario Gio, among others. As part of her future plans she is seeking support to record heir first CD, and her biggest dream is to travel the world spreading the Brazilian music, because as she says, her restless soul belongs to the world!
She sends a message to young people who live and study in Japan: "I try to think that life is always a beginning. I think that it is important to open a new door as soon as possible than never. I feel that we carry on the chest the difference, the “saudade” (the longing for) and desire to have a better day. And if the pain decided to follow you, just believe that everything is for the greater good. ~ thank you yara for the review and translation.
Born in Belém do Pará, Brazil, on May 13, 1986 (abolition of slavery, as she does highlight), Keissy Costa came with her parents to Japan in 1993 at the age of 7. Her father, Te Max, was a famous singer in Belém do Pará, and her mother, Betty Max, was known as the Japanese girl from “Calypso”. She was influenced by the family since childhood and started singing professionally since age 9 in restaurants, churches and concert halls. She loved listening to her father play and the meetings with Brazilian friends, and she ended up learning to play guitar and tambourine so she could join them. She also eventually developed the ability to compose, as a natural step.
The music helped her to keep up the language and the Brazilian influence in her life, since she was brought up in the Japanese archipelago, where she attended the Japanese normal school. Determined to live through her music, and through the assistance from a Japanese music agency, the opportunity to return to Brazil happened in 2006, where she attended the Universidade Livre de Música-Tom Jobim, in São Paulo, to develop her musical base. She returned to Japan in 2012, and has maintained a full schedule of performances throughout the country.
Her work has been increasingly developed inspired primarily in names like Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Elis Regina, Monica Salmaso, Joyce, Filó Machado, Marisa Monte, Renato Braz, Sergio Santos, Mario Gio, among others. As part of her future plans she is seeking support to record heir first CD, and her biggest dream is to travel the world spreading the Brazilian music, because as she says, her restless soul belongs to the world!
She sends a message to young people who live and study in Japan: "I try to think that life is always a beginning. I think that it is important to open a new door as soon as possible than never. I feel that we carry on the chest the difference, the “saudade” (the longing for) and desire to have a better day. And if the pain decided to follow you, just believe that everything is for the greater good. ~ thank you yara for the review and translation.
Lemanja