When the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine listed its top 100 Brazilian singers of all-time, Maia wasn’t just in the top 10, he was crowned number one. This is why Tim Maia’s contribution to Brazilian Music is so huge. Rolling Stone Brasil magazine selected Maia as Brazil’s greatest singer All great singers, but all of them at one time or another sounded to me as they would do well singing the Rat Pack’s Greatest Hits. TIn my research, I’ve come across great singers such as Agostinho dos Santos, Jair Rodrigues, Wilson Simonal and Emílio Santiago. To get an idea of what I mean, in my exporations of Brazilian music over the years, with a focus on black singers, I’ve come across a number celebrated artists. (I’ve had both and I can attest to the difference) Kinda like the difference between eating Thanksgiving dinner in a vanilla suburb and then eating in a chocolate city. Again, not saying that Boone or Sinatra weren’t good singers, their styles were just clearly different from the two artists I paired them with. Hearing Frank Sinatra first and then hearing James Brown. I’m not saying that Brazilian Music didn’t/doesn’t have good singers but I am saying that you could divide Brazilian singers into BT, Before Tim and AT, After Tim.įor me, listening to Maia’s husky, soulful voice in comparison to the way others were singing in Brazil at the time is almost like listening to a Pat Boone record first and then hearing Little Richard.
Well, to get right to the point, Tim brought Soul, both the musical genre and the voice to the Brazilian music repertoire. If you’ve never heard of Maia, you might be wondering what’s so great about him. When I started digging back in the year 2000, it was probably only a few months before I discovered the legend of this innovative singer.
Note from BBT: If and when you get into MPB, Brazilian Popular Music, it won’t be long before you come across the name and music of singer/songwriter Tim Maia.
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