Basia
Basia Trzetrzelewska [ˈbaɕa tʂɛtʂɛˈlɛfska] (born September 30, 1954) is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. She established a successful international recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s and the late 2000s and 2010s, particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. She is noted for possessing a wide vocal range, approximately three octaves that span from contralto to soprano tessituras, as well as her singular jazz-influenced stylings and multi-layered harmonies.
Biography
Basia was born in Jaworzno, Poland in 1954. She debuted as a guest of local amateur rock band Astry and performed with them at the Polish Festival of Beat Avangarde in Kalisz, where they won. Thanks to this performance, she was a member of the popular Polish all-female vocal group Alibabki from 1972 to 1974. From 1977 to 1979, she sang with the rock band Perfect.
Settling temporarily in Chicago in 1979, she later relocated to London in 1981. It was there she met Mark Reilly and his collaborator Danny White (brother of jazz guitarist Peter White). In 1983, the trio performed as the jazz-pop group Bronze but later changed their name to Matt Bianco and recorded their debut album Whose Side Are You On?, released in 1984. The album was a hit across Europe, selling more than 1.5 million copies and then bringing two top 30 hits on the UK Singles Chart: "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute".
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ALBUMS
- It's That Girl Again released: 2009
- Simple Pleasures released: 2003
- Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia released: 1998
- Basia on Broadway: Live at the Neil Simon Theatre released: 1995
- The Sweetest Illusion released: 1994
- Time and Tide released: 1993
- The Best Remixes II released: 1991
- The Best Remixes released: 1990
- London Warsaw New York released: 1990
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Clear Horizon
by: Basialook around - it's almost summer
yet there's winter in her heart
you could never love another
still, can your fire melt her ice...
can your fire melt her ice
seasons change, you cry in silence
for the love you cannot live without
you've done your best, you tried your hardest
the time has come, be strong, give it up
all you need is a clear horizon,
a clear horizon
all we wish is everyday,
hope and pray,
for all of us
a clear and quiet sky
the darkest night is slowly fading
and the sun willl come out to blind your eyes
could it be a new beginning?
trust yourself - you're an angel, you can fly
trust yourself - you're an angel, you can
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