Maria João
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Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
singer.
She is known for her vocal flexibility and improvisational skills. While normally considered a jazz singer, her music incorporates a mix of folk/ethnic music, modern jazz, and the avant-garde. Depending on the thematic slant of a release, she has approached electronica, symphonic and other genres as well.
Although her main collaborator is Portuguese pianist Mário Laginha
Mário Laginha
Mário João Laginha dos Santos, OIH , piano player and composer, is one of the most creative contemporary Portuguese jazz musicians. He is mostly recognized for his recurrent collaborations with fellow Portuguese jazz singer Maria João, with whom he recorded over a dozen discs and toured Portugal...
, she has worked with many musicians throughout her career, including Manu Katche
Manu Katché
Manu Katché is a French musician of Ivorian origin, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 27 October 1958. He is a drummer and songwriter.-Career:Session musician...
, Trilok Gurtu, Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...
, Wolfgang Muthspiel
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Wolfgang Muthspiel is an Austrian guitarist and composer most associated with jazz and brother of the trombonist and pianist Christian Muthspiel....
, Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...
, Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
, Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi
Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine musician.The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood...
and Kai Eckhardt
Kai Eckhardt
Kai Eckhardt is a German musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, the band he co-founded Garaj Mahal and Billy Cobham...
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Discography
- Quinteto Maria João (1983)
- Cem Caminhos (1985)
- Conversa (1986)
- Looking for LoveLooking for Love"Looking for Love" is the second single from Swedish singer September's album In Orbit. Released in 2005, it charted in Sweden and Poland, reaching number 17 and number 2, respectively.....
(1988) - Alice (live album with Aki Takase) (1992)
- Sol (1992)
- Danças (1994)
- Fábula (1996)
- CorCorCor may refer to*Either of St Paul's Letters to the Corinthians *Cor, a unit of dry measure in the Bible and Talmud*Cor!!, a British comic book* Horn -french for horn* The heart, which is cor in Latin...
(1998) - Lobos, Raposas e Coiotes (1999)
- Chorinho Feliz (2000)
- Mumadji (2001)
- Undercovers (2003)
- Tralha (2004)
- Cinco; Saxofour & Maria Joao (2005)
- JoãoJoãoJoão is the Portuguese form of the name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is quite widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries and therefore also the name of several notable people and places:-People:Kings:...
(2007) - ChocolateChocolateChocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
(2008) - Amoras e Framboesas (2011)