Gracinha Leporace | |
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.jpg')) Gracinha Leporace with Sérgio Mendes (1971) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria da Graça Leporace |
| Born | January 20, 1950 Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 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) is a Brazilian singer who works extensively with her husband Sérgio Mendes and his band.
Leporace was born in 1950, 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 and can be heard as the Portuguese-singing female vocal in the hit "Mas que Nada" (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 Sergio 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
- 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