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Maysa Leak Born 1966 Is A U.S. American Jazz Singer. She Is Well Known By Fans Of Contemporary Jazz Both For Her Solo Work And For Her Work With The British Band Incognito. Born And Raised In Baltimore Maryland At An Early Age Maysa Discovered That She Wanted To Be A Musician When Her Parents Took Her To See The Musical Purlie. She Recalls “The Moment Melba Moore Took The Stage And Opened Her Mouth I Made My Decision That Music Would Be My Fate.” Maysa Continues To Live In Baltimore Maryland. She Has A Son Named Jazz. She Attended Milford Mill High School In Western Baltimore County. After High School She Attended Morgan State University In Baltimore City And Graduated With A Degree In Classical Performance. There She Performed As A Member Of The World Famous Morgan State University Choir Under The Direction Of The Late Nathan Carter Maysa Met Performer Stevie Wonder During A College Performance. After Receiving Her Degree From Morgan State University Maysa Headed To Southern California To Perform With Stevie Wonder’s Female Backup Group Wonderlove While With Wonder Maysa Was A Vocalist On The Jungle Fever Soundtrack And Performed On Numerous Television Shows Including The Arsenio Hall Show Oprah And The Tonight Show. It Was During An Over-The-Telephone Audition In The Early 90s That Maysa Become A Member Of The Acclaimed British Jazz/funk/R&B Band Incognito And In 1992 She Relocated To London And Recorded Tribes Vibes & Scribes Featuring The Hit Single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since Then Maysa Has Appeared On Over Seven Incognito Recordings. Maysa Recorded Her Self-Titled Debut In 1995 Followed By Her Second Album All My Life In 1999 Out Of The Blue In 2002 Smooth Sailing In 2004 Sweet Classic Soul In 2006 And Now Feel The Fire 2007. In 2008 Metamorphosis Peaked At No.1 On Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Top 100 Chart And No.13 On Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Maysa Has Also Collaborated With Well-Known Jazz Performers Like Gerald Veasley Rick Braun Will Downing Jason Miles' Soul Summit Rhythm Logic Jonathan Butler And Pieces Of A Dream. Maysa Leak Is A Spokesperson For Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV A Disease That Can Be Fatal To Premature Babies. She Appears In RSV PSA Commercials With Her Son Jazz Sponsored For The March Of Dimes. read less