Tania Maria
Brazilian jazz vocalist and pianist Tania Maria's career has spanned over three decades, starting when she was just 13 and she fronted a band of professional musicians organized by her father, who was a metal worker and gifted amateur musician. He had encouraged her to study piano so that she could accompany him on his weekend jam sessions, but her musical talent grew beyond those small performances. Maria's four sisters also had musical talents, but they eventually grew from their impoverished roots to become professionals, a path that Maria was on herself as well. She attended law school for two years, then married and had a family. The pull of music was too strong, however, and in 1971 she released her first album in Brazil, Olha Quem Chega. In the late '70s she moved to Paris and expanded her career, touring internationally. A date in Australia brought her to the attention of guitarist Charlie Byrd, who hooked her up with Carl Jefferson, head of Concord Records. The label provided her with her first international commercial success with her 1984 album Come With Me, and continued to record her music and issue it to an international audience. Based in New York since the '80s, Maria still sings the pop and blues-influenced music that brought her fame, releasing several albums in the '90s. Her first album of the new millennium, Viva Brazil, was also released by Concord Records.
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Tania Maria in Copenhagen
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Jazz - Released by WM Denmark on 13 Sep 2005
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Jazz - Released by naïve Jazz on 24 Sep 2012
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Olha Quem Chega
MPB - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 3 Apr 1971
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The Best Of Tania Maria
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 15 Jun 1993
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The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Jazz - Released by Concord Jazz on 25 Aug 1998
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The Real Tania Maria: Wild!
World - Released by Concord Picante on 31 Jan 1985
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Via Brasil vol.1
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 Jan 1975
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Tania Maria's Nouvelle Vague (Live)
Latin America - Released by West Wind on 1 Dec 1995
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Outrageously Wild
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