Wikipedia : This day (May 9, 1948), in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, is born Tania Maria Correa Reis a.k.a.Tania Maria, a Brazilian singer and piano player.
Tania Maria : As early as 1969, her first musical performances clearly showed her potential and her predilections: an astounding mix of Brazilian rhythms and jazz harmonies, underpinning a remarkable natural gift for spinning sophisticated melodies.
@allmusic : 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
@last.fm : She moved to Paris in 1974, New York in 1981 & returned to Paris again, after some years. Compared to the rest of the world (especially in the States & Europe), she is not well recognised in her homeland.
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Photo : Bruno Bollaert