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Sylvia Telles
Sylvia Telles: Bossa Tragedy
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sylvia Telles is my favorite female bossa nova vocalist. In 1961 she was the first Brazilian bossa nova artist to record songs in both English and Portuguese, setting a high bar for bossa nova singers who followed. Telles was on the rise when she was killed in an auto accident in Brazil in December 1966. Signed to Kapp Records that year, she had released The Face I Love in October and was about to begin a U.S. promotion tour. Her ...
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Pure Bossa Nova | Sylvia Telles | Album
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All About Jazz
A delicate and sophisticated singer of the '50s, Sylvia Telles was one of the first interpreters to become identified with Bossa Nova, recording all the great classics written by Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and other important composers of the genre. Using remarkably good taste when choosing her repertoire, she released several quality albums during her short career from 1955 to 1966 when, still young, she died in a car accident. Tracks ...
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