Rita Lee was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021 and had been undergoing treatment since then. That band broke up towards the end of the decade, leading Rita to start her solo career, and she played often with her husband Roberto de Carvalho, the father of her three children. Kicked out of Os Mutantes by Baptista, whom she had been married to, for supposed artistic differences, Lee played with the band Tutti Frutti in the 1970s. Lee gained fame in the 1960s with the band Os Mutantes, formed with Arnaldo Baptista and Sergio Dias, playing alongside legends of Brazilian pop music such as Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso to international acclaim. With more than 20 albums recorded and 55 million records sold, her songs touched on issues related to feminism and sex in an era when such issues were taboo. She was central to Brazil's politically charged Tropicalia movement, which emerged in defiance of a military dictatorship starting in 1964, and her work at the time was often censored. descent and a Brazilian pianist with Italian ancestry. 31, 1947, in Sao Paulo, to a dentist of U.S. Rita Lee Jones de Carvalho was born on Dec. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called her "an artist ahead of her time" and "one of the greatest and most brilliant names in Brazilian music." Her death brought an outpouring of tributes from artists, politicians and celebrities who cheered her trailblazing role in Brazilian rock. "We announce the death of Rita Lee at her home in Sao Paulo late last night, surrounded by all the love of her family, as she always wanted," a statement posted on the singer's Instagram account said, inviting the public to her wake on Wednesday. Networking with The Best Women Guitarists World-Wide.SAO PAULO, May 9 (Reuters) - Renowned Brazilian rock singer and songwriter Rita Lee, an icon of the Tropicalia artistic movement, died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with lung cancer, her family said. Think Joe Bonamassa meets The Shredmistress. ** Music Connections, Los Angeles, California ** There are virtually no female lead guitar players who can take off with the kind of soaring melodic feel and riveting articulation that this lady has mastered (In fact, very few male guitar players have this either).” “What made it all happen for me was the spectacular solo shredding of Rynata. ** Rock City News, Los Angeles, California ** Rynata shredded licks that some guys only wish they could pull off themselves … I have heard a lot of women guitarists in the past, but I was blown away, along with the crowd.” Unsurpassed technical ability, coupled with great musicality make her “One of the Best Female Guitarists To-Date.” The Shredmistress has been called The Femme Fatale of the Fretboard. The Shredmistress ‘noodles’ but amidst her shredding ability sits a musicality that is hard to find in today’s guitarists. She takes the listener on a journey and that is exactly what she wants. Well versed in jazz | rock | blues |country and of course the metal ‘shredding’ side of the house, Rynata has truly become An Ultimate Female Guitarist. Rynata brings with her a classical background, disciplined musical training and a love for music that transcends genres.
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