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Leny Andrade
Leny Andrade
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Booker Pittman
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Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto
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Elza Soares
Elza Soares
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Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Mendes
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Freda Payne
Freda Payne
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Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
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Antônio Carlos Jobim
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Mayuto Correa
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Eumir Deodato
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João Gilberto
João Gilberto
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Amália Rodrigues
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
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Rita Lee
Rita Lee
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Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury
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Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
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Les McCann
Les McCann
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Gene Cherico
Gene Cherico
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Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw
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Vinícius de Moraes
Vinícius de Moraes
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Sivuca
Sivuca
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Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
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Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri
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Luiz Bonfá
Luiz Bonfá
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
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Maria Bethânia
Maria Bethânia
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Carola Standertskjöld
Carola Standertskjöld
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Patsy Gallant
Patsy Gallant
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Etta James
Etta James
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Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos
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Sheila E.
Sheila E.
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Elis Regina
Elis Regina
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Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton
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Dakota Staton
Dakota Staton
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
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Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor
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Letta Mbulu
Letta Mbulu
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Gitte Hænning
Gitte Hænning
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Lisa Ono
Lisa Ono
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
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Jean Knight
Jean Knight
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Lio
Lio
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Sylvia Telles
Sylvia Telles
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
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Betty Davis
Betty Davis
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Barbara Lewis
Barbara Lewis
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
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Creed Taylor
Creed Taylor
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Nelson Ned
Nelson Ned
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Anita Kerr
Anita Kerr
American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer
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Sheila Ferguson
Sheila Ferguson
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Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
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Flora Purim
Flora Purim
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Nancy Holloway
Nancy Holloway
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
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Monica Zetterlund
Monica Zetterlund
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João Donato
João Donato
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie
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Linda Clifford
Linda Clifford
American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
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Paulinho da Costa
Paulinho da Costa
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Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Hyman
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Michèle Torr
Michèle Torr
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Olga Guillot
Olga Guillot
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Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan
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Maxine Weldon
Maxine Weldon
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Larry Young
Larry Young
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Lani Hall
Lani Hall
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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
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Ney Matogrosso
Ney Matogrosso
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Eliana Pittman
Brazilian actress and singer

Eliana Pittman

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Brazilian actress and singer
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Eliana Pittman (born Eliana Leite Da Silva; August 14, 1945), is a Brazilian former singer and actress. Pittman was one of the more soulful singers of the early 1970s. The stepdaughter of the jazz saxophonist Booker Pittman, she was deeply influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist, as he was her first music teacher, mentor and partner on some records.

With a distinctive swinging voice and intensity in her style, Pittman was a brilliant scat singer who turned insipid novelty tunes and light pop into definitive, jazz based treatment. Her first great hit was Tristeza, recorded in 1966, which gained her instant recognition in South America, though she never had a huge hit like Astrud Gilberto's Garota de Ipanema. During the 60s and 70s, she toured throughout Brazil, Italy, France, Japan, US, Spain and Venezuela. In 2001, Pittman opened a new tour starting from Rio de Janeiro. Since then, she has been alternating moments of reclusion and some activity as a TV actress.