Tania Maria | |
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Birth name | Tania Maria Correa Reis[1] |
Born | May 9, 1948 |
Origin | São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |
Genres | Brazilian jazz |
Occupations | Singer, Pianist, Composer, Bandleader |
Instruments | Piano |
Years active | 1971–Present |
Labels | Concord, Capitol, Blue Note, EMI, Universal |
Website | www.TaniaMaria.net |
Tania Maria (born May 9, 1948) 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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Born in São Luís, Maranhão, northern Brazil, she has a degree in law, and married early and had children. Tania Maria began playing the piano at the age of 7, 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. Maria's first album Apresentamos was released in Brazil in 1969, followed by Olha Quem Chega in 1971, but it was a move to France in the late 1970s that exploded Tania onto the international scene. 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.[2]
Tania has played virtually every important jazz festival in the world and has appeared on countless television and radio programmes. Tania has recorded more than 20 albums and in 1985 was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female".[3] Tania performed at prestigious venues like The Blue Note and famous festivals like the Monterey Jazz Festival in '81, '83 and '89, Saratoga Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Fest 1991, Montreux Jazz Festival, New Orleans Heritage Festival, Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2001, Malta Jazz Festival 2003 at Maltese Islands, Novosadski Jazz Festival 2004, Belgium's Jazz Middelheim 2007, and has played with such greats as Steve Gadd, Anthony Jackson, Sammy Figueroa and Eddie Gomez.
Year | Title | Genre | Label | |
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2007 | Via Brasil, Vol. 2 (reissue) | Brazilian jazz | Sunny Side | |
2006 | Via Brasil | Brazilian jazz | Sunny Side | |
2005 | Brazil with My Soul | Brazilian jazz | Universal | |
2005 | Intimidade | Brazilian jazz | Blue Note | |
2005 | Tania Maria in Copenhagen (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) | Brazilian jazz | Stunt | |
2004 | Olha Quem Chega (reissue) | Brazilian jazz | Import | |
2003 | Outrageously Wild | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
2002 | Tania Maria Live at the Blue Note | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
2002 | Happiness | Brazilian jazz | Recall Records UK | |
2000 | Viva Brazil | Brazilian jazz | Concord Records | |
1997 | Europe | Brazilian jazz | TKM | |
1996 | No Comment | Brazilian jazz | TKM | |
1993 | The Best of Tania Maria | Brazilian jazz | Blue Note | |
1993 | Outrageous | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
1988 | Forbidden Colors | Brazilian jazz | Capitol | |
1991 | Lady from Brazil | Brazilian jazz | EMI | |
1990 | Bela Vista | Brazilian jazz | Blue Note | |
1985 | Made in New York | Brazilian jazz | EMI | |
1984 | The Real Tania Maria: Wild! | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
1983 | Love Explosion | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
1982 | Come with Me | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
1981 | Taurus | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
1980 | Piquant | Brazilian jazz | Concord | |
1979 | Live | Brazilian jazz | Accord | |
1971 | Olha Quem Chega | Brazilian jazz | ||
1969 | Apresentamos | Brazilian jazz | Continental |