Tania Maria

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Tania Maria
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Tania Maria in 2013
Background information
Birth nameTania Maria Correa Reis [1]
Born (1948-05-09) May 9, 1948 (age 75)
Origin São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Genres Jazz, pop, MPB
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, bandleader
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active1969present
Labels Concord, Capitol, Blue Note, EMI, Universal
Website TaniaMaria.net

Tania Maria (born May 9, 1948) [2] is a Brazilian artist, singer, composer, bandleader and piano player, singing mostly in Portuguese or English. Her Brazilian-style music is mostly vocal, sometimes pop, often jazzy, and includes samba, bossa, Afro-Latin, pop and jazz fusion.

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Biography

Tania Maria Monterey Jazz Festival 1981.jpg

Born in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, [2] Tania Maria began playing the piano at the age of seven, became a leader at the age of 13, when her band of professional musicians, organized by her father, won first prize in a local music contest and went on to play for dances, in clubs and on the radio. Her father, a metal worker and a gifted guitarist and singer, had encouraged her to study piano so that she could play in his weekend jam sessions, where she first absorbed the rhythms and melodies of samba, jazz, pop music and Brazilian chorinho. Since then, she has never worked in anyone else's group. She has a degree in law, married early and had children.

Maria's first album, Apresentamos (We Present), was released in Brazil in 1969, followed by Olha Quem Chega (Look Who's Here!) in 1971, but it was a move to Paris, France, in 1974 that exploded her onto the international scene. [2] At a concert in Australia, her formidable musical precision and freewheeling spirit caught the attention of the late American guitarist, Charlie Byrd, who recommended her to the late Carl Jefferson, founder of Concord Records. [3]

Tania's 1983 album Come With Me started her international breakthrough with the title song becoming a 1980s dance-floor classic that has since been covered frequently. A year later, in 1984, her Love Explosion album contained the track Deep Cove View which was promoted by Robbie Vincent on his late Sunday night soul shows on Radio 1. The 1985 album Made in New York increased her popularity further worldwide. [2]

Maria has played virtually every important jazz festival in the world and has appeared on countless television and radio programmes. She has recorded more than 25 albums [4] and in 1985 was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female". [5] She has performed at venues such as the Blue Note and festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1981, 1983 and 1989, Saratoga Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Fest 1991, Montreux Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Newport Jazz Festival in 1975, [2] Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2001, Malta Jazz Festival 2003 at Maltese Islands, Novosadski Jazz Festival 2004, Belgium's Jazz Middelheim 2007. She performed at the annual North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague in 1978 and has returned there at least 10 times. She has played with such as Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Sammy Figueroa and Eddie Gómez.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleGenreLabel
1966ApresentamosBrazilian jazzContinental
1971Olha Quem ChegaBrazilian jazzOdeon
1975Via BrasilBrazilian jazzSunny Side
1975Via Brasil, Vol. 2Brazilian jazzSunny Side
1978Brazil with My SoulBrazilian jazzBarclay
1979LiveBrazilian jazzAccord
Tania Maria in Copenhagen (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)Brazilian jazzAccord
1980PiquantBrazilian jazzConcord
1981TaurusBrazilian jazzConcord
1983Come with MeBrazilian jazzConcord
1984Love ExplosionBrazilian jazzConcord
1984The Real Tania Maria: Wild!Brazilian jazzConcord
1985Made in New YorkBrazilian jazzEMI
1986Lady from BrazilBrazilian jazzEMI
1988Forbidden ColorsBrazilian jazzCapitol
1990Bela VistaBrazilian jazzBlue Note
1993OutrageousBrazilian jazzConcord
The Best of Tania MariaBrazilian jazzBlue Note
1995No CommentBrazilian jazzTKM
BluesilianBrazilian jazzTKM
1997EuropeBrazilian jazzTKM
2000Viva BrazilBrazilian jazzConcord Records
2002HappinessBrazilian jazzRecall Records UK
Tania Maria Live at the Blue NoteBrazilian jazzConcord
2003Outrageously WildBrazilian jazzConcord
2004Olha Quem Chega (reissue)Brazilian jazzImport
2005IntimidadeBrazilian jazzBlue Note
Tania Maria in Copenhagen (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) (reissue)Brazilian jazzStunt
Brazil with My Soul (reissue)Brazilian jazzUniversal
2011Tempo (with Eddie Gómez)Brazilian jazzNaïve Records
2012CantoBrazilian jazzNaïve Records

Filmography

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