Tim Maia

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Tim Maia
Born	Sebastião Rodrigues Maia (1942-09-28)September 28, 1942 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	March 15, 1998(1998-03-15) (aged 55) Niterói, Brazil
Other names	Síndico
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician
Children	3
Musical career
Genres	MPB sambalanço soul funk disco R&B bossa nova
Instruments	Vocals guitar drums flute
Years active	1956–1998
Labels	Som Livre Polydor Seroma Vitória Régia Discos
Website	timmaia.com.br
Musical artist

Tim Maia (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃĩ ˈmajɐ], born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia; September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998) 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, disco, jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, romantic ballads, samba, bossa nova, baião and música popular brasileira (MPB). He introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene. Along with Jorge Ben, Maia pioneered sambalanço, combining samba, soul, funk and rock and roll.^[1] He is recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music.

Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. After his 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.