Wanda Sá is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian bossa nova

Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...

 singer and guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, active from 1964 to the present day.

Her first guitar teacher, when she was 13, was Roberto Menescal

Roberto Menescal

Roberto Menescal is a Brazilian jazz guitarist important to the founding of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea. He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra. Menescal has performed in a variety of Latin music mediums, including Brazilian pop, Música Popular Brasileira,...

. Later, she worked with Sérgio Mendes

Sergio Mendes

Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....

 in his group Brasil '65, and also with Marcos Valle

Marcos Valle

Marcos Kostenbader Valle is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, incidental music and fusions of American/European rock, soul and dance music with Brazilian styles.-Biography:Valle's talent was evident from...

 and Kátya Chamma

Kátya Chamma

Kátya Pujals Chamma is a Brazilian composer, singer, poet, writer and cultural producer.Chamma was born in Brasilia. From the first generation of Brasilia's artists, she acted in the main theaters, shows and events. She won some music festivals, like the 1° Brasilias' Open MPB Festival...

. Francisco Tenório Júnior

Francisco Tenório Júnior

Francisco Tenório Júnior was a Brazilian musician who, despite only recording one disc under his own name, was considered one of the best pianists of his generation...

 and Ugo Marotta

Ugo Marotta

Ugo Marotta is a Brazilian musician, conductor, arranger, composer, keyboards and vibraphonist. He took part at the Brazilian music movements Bossa Nova and Musicanossa.-Biography:...

 played on her debut album Vagamente in 1965.

She was married to songwriter Edu Lobo

Edu Lobo

Eduardo de Góes "Edu" Lobo is a Brazilian bossa nova singer, guitarist, and composer. He achieved fame in the 1960s as part of the bossa nova movement...

 from 1969 until 1982.

In 2011, she made her first appearance in the United States since 1999, playing with Marcos Valle at Birdland

Birdland (jazz club)

Birdland is a jazz club started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 1678 Broadway, just north of West 52nd Street in Manhattan, was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened for one night in 1979...

 in New York City

New York City

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. The Wall Street Journal described her as "legendary". National Public Radio called her "one of Brazil's best-kept musical secrets".

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