Tim Maia
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sebastião Rodrigues Maia |
| Also known as | Tião Síndico |
| Born |
September 28, 1942 Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Origin | Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | March 15, 1998 (aged 55) Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | MPB, soul, funk, disco, bossa nova, rock, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, flute |
| Years active | 1956–1998 |
| Labels | Polydor, Seroma, Vitória Régia Discos |
| Associated acts | The Sputniks, Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, Jorge Ben, The Ideals, Eduardo Araújo, Tony Tornado, Cassiano, Hyldon, Vitória Régia, Robson Jorge, Lincoln Olivetti |
Tim Maia (Portuguese pronunciation: [tʃĩ majɐ]; September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998), born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia in Rio de Janeiro city, was a Brazilian musician, songwriter and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian music within a wide variety of musical genres, including soul, funk, bossa nova, disco, romantic ballads, pop, rock, jazz, baião and MPB. He introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene. Tim Maia is internationally recognised as one of the biggest icons of the Brazilian music.
Tim Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. After his early death in 1998, his recorded oeuvre has shown enduring popularity. A theatrical retrospective of his career, the popular musical Vale Tudo, was first staged in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
Maia was born in the Tijuca neighbourhood, in the southern suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. He began writing melodies while still a child, the second youngest of nineteen children. Then known as "Tião Maia", he wrote his earliest songs at age eight. At fourteen, as a drummer, he formed the group Os Tijucanos do Ritmo, which lasted one year. He then took guitar classes and was soon teaching other children in Tijuca. He also gave lessons to his friends Erasmo Esteves and Roberto Carlos, fellow members of the so-called Matoso Gang. Named after the street where they used to hang out, the gang also included Jorge Ben and Erasmo Carlos, among others. They liked to listen to the earliest styles of rock and roll, with both Maia and Ben being nicknamed "Babulina" after their enthusiastic pronunciation of Ronnie Self's song "Bop-A-Lena".
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