Biography
Sebastião "Tim" Rodrigues Maia (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃĩ ˈmajɐ]; 28 September 1942 – 15 March 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, 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 samba rock and samba funk, combining samba, soul, funk and rock and roll. He is recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music. Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. He has won thirteen Brazilian Music Awards. 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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Tim Maia
1970
Racional Vol. 1
1974
Tim Maia
1973
Tim Maia
1971
Racional Vol. 3
2012
Ao Vivo
1992
O Descobridor Dos Sete Mares
1983
Disco Club
1978
Racional Vol. 2
1975
Legal
1970
Tough Cookies: Best Of The Quarantine Broadcasts
2021
Seu Jorge And Almaz
2010
What A Wonderful World, Oldies But Goodies
1997
Só Você – Para Ouvir E Dançar
1997
Interpreta Clássicos Da Bossa Nova
1991
Dance Bem
1990
Velho Camarada
1987
Sandra Sá
1986
Vale Tudo
1983
Dádiva
1983
Nuvens
1982
Erasmo Carlos Convida...
1980
Tim Maia
1978
Tim Maia
1977
Credited work
743 releases · 164 albums · active 1968–2026
- Performance · 2,192
- Production · 129
- Other credits · 123
- Engineering · 31
Studios: Impressão Digital · Nas Nuvens · Estúdio Transamérica · Scatena