Tim Maia

Tim Maia (actually: Sebastião Rodrigues Maia, born September 28, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro; † 15 March 1998 in Niterói ) was a Brazilian soul and funk musician. The singer, songwriter, producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist is one of the pioneers in introducing elements of soul music in the Brazilian pop music and one of the greatest icons of Brazilian music of the 20th century.

So, for example, played in 2001 during an appearance by Guns N 'Roses in Rio de Janeiro, the guitarist Robin Finck surprisingly a piece of Maia.

Life and career

Tim Maia grew up in the Tijuca district to the north of Rio de Janeiro and wrote his first songs at the age of eight years; at fourteen he formed his first, short-lived band called Os Tijucanos do Ritmo, in which he played drums for a year. In the following years he took guitar lessons and learned Jorge Ben know. Maia eventually taught himself to his disciples was, inter alia, Erasmo Esteves, who later became known as Erasmo Carlos and musical partner of Roberto Carlos. First, however, in 1957, Maia and Esteves founded with other friends from their neighborhood the band The snacks, which was renamed shortly later The Sputniks after Roberto Carlos had joined the band. Carlos, who had already appeared regularly as a singer on TV, mediated contact with the producer Carlos Imperial; several television appearances followed. Due to personal differences between Maia and Carlos, the band was, however, dissolved soon. Maia, who had in the meantime received a scholarship to study in the U.S., then left in 1959, Brazil in which he did not return until four years later.

Maia's first solo album was released in 1970 - as the following three albums - under the name of Tim Maia with Polydor. The album was able to hold for 24 months in the Brazilian charts and already contained songs that should give direction to Maia's another musical work, the of Cassiano, another pioneer of Brazilian soul music, written Primavera, Corone Antônio Bento (composed by Luís Wanderley / João do Vale ) and the self-written by Maia Azul da Cor do Mar

Discography (selection)

  • Tim Maia (A Festo Do Santo Reis) (1971, Continental)
  • Racional (1975 )
  • Racional, Vol II ( 1976)
  • Tim Maia (Dance Enquanto É Tempo) (1976, Polydor )
  • Nuvens (1982, seroma )
  • Soul Tim (1999, Som Livre )
  • These are the songs (2002, Universal Music ), contains a compilation of 14 English-language songs Maia's from the years 1970 to 1976
  • Tim Maia in Concert (2007, Sony BMG)
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