Tim Maia - Tim Maia 1ST vinyl LP Album
Genre:
Latin, Funk / Soul
Style:
MPB, Soul
Year:
1970
Tim Maia is the first studio album by Brazilian singer and composer Tim Maia released in June 1970 by CBD-Philips, through the Polydor label. The recordings took place in August 1969 and between May 1970, at Scatena Studios in São Paulo and CBD in Rio de Janeiro. With good publicity, especially the compact containing "Primavera (Vai Chuva)" which had excellent radio play, the album had very good sales, exceeding 200 thousand copies and Tim Maia earning a gold record.
TRACKS:
A1. Coroné Antônio Bento
A2. Cristina
A3. Jurema"
A4. Padre Cícero
A5. Flamengo"
A6. Você Fingiu
B1. Eu Amo Você
B2. Primavera (Vai Chuva)
B3. Risos
B4. Azul da Cor do Mar
B5. Cristina Nº 2
B6. Tributo a Booker Pittman
Real Name:
Sebastião Rodrigues Maia
Profile:
Brazilian guitarist and singer, known as the father of Brazilian soul music.
Born: 28 September 1942 in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Died: 15 March 1998 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 55).
Maia fundamentally changed the music scene in Brazil, introducing modern black music from the US to national pop music, linking funk, samba, and baião, bringing soul closer to bossa nova and opening windows and doors to new forms of music that were not Tropicalist, nor MPB, nor rock n' roll, but were quintessentially Brazilian.
In 1974, he founded Seroma, the first independent music label in Brazil, the label name was taken from his initials: Sebastião Rodrigues Maia.
Many of his songs have been recorded by artists such as Skank (2), Lulu Santos, Ara Ketu, Os Paralamas Do Sucesso, Marisa Monte, Elis Regina, and Gal Costa, amongst others.
Adoptive father of singer/songwriter Léo Maia, father of Carmelo Maia and uncle of singer/producer Ed Motta.
