Marlene (マリーン, Marīn, born 4 January 1960) is a Filipina jazz vocalist[1] from Manila, Philippines mainly active in Japan.
[3] In the United States, Marlene is known for her work with Seawind, with whom she recorded her second album Summer Nights in Los Angeles in 1982.
[8] With the Mal Waldron/Billy Holiday composition Left alone recorded on the soundtrack of the Haruki Kadokawa movie Kyabare (Cabaret) she scored a hit in Japan in 1986.
She has recorded 31 albums in total so far and is the highest paid Pinay jazz artist in Japan.
Marlene was the subject of Mundo ni Juan sa Japan, a television film documentary in 2015.