There are two artists who use this name: 1. A Bossa nova & MPB singer and songwriter 2. A Grammy-nominated American jazz singer 1. Maysa Figueira Monjardim (June 6, 1936, São Paulo, Brazil – January 22, 1977, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a Brazilian singer, composer, and actress. She is also associated with Bossa nova music but is widely known as a torch song (fossa) interpreter. Maysa's grandfather was Alfeu Adolfo Monjardim de Andrade e Almeida